- plaintive plain·tive adj
- ['pleɪntɪv]
(voice, song) lamentoso (-a), (look) struggente
plaintive cry — lamento
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
plaintive plain·tive adj
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plaintive — plain•tive [[t]ˈpleɪn tɪv[/t]] adj. expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME plaintif < MF; see plaint, ive plain′tive•ly, adv. plain′tive•ness, n … From formal English to slang
plaintive — plain|tive [ˈpleıntıv] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT] a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad plaintive cry/voice/sound etc ▪ the plaintive cry of the seagull >plaintively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
