See plaintive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "When my wife and I heard a plaintive whinny from our laundry room the other day, we knew that our old dryer had cycled its last load.",
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}
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"source": "Thesaurus:cheerless",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "down in the mouth"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "glum"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "grief-stricken"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "grieving"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "querulous"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sad"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "saddened"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sorrow-ridden"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sorrowsome"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "spiritless"
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "sullen"
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"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "threnetic"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "threnetical"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"tags": [
"rare"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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"word": "tristful"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "uncheerful"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "uncheery"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "unconsolable"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "unlively"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "wistful"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "woebegone"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "woeful"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sad",
"word": "wretched"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpleɪntɪv/"
},
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "tǎžen",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "тъжен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "žalen",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "жален"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "plačtivý"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "sacodavi",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "საცოდავი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "traurig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "wehleidig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "klagend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "Klage-"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "acaointeach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "truacánta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "querulo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "tīkapa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "górestnyj",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́рестный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "tiamhaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "morriñoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "melancólico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "triste"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "nostálgico"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "lastimero"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "quejumbroso"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "lagrimal"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"word": "plañidero"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "žalibnyj",
"sense": "Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жалібний"
}
],
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}
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