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Plaintive vs Plaintiveness - What's the difference?

plaintive | plaintiveness |

As an adjective plaintive

is sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

As a noun plaintiveness is

the state or condition of being plaintive.

plaintive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

    • Related terms

    * plaint * plaintiff

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    plaintiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being plaintive.