Noah Webster
Plaintive
PLA'INTIVE, adjective Lamenting; complaining; expressive of sorrow; as a plaintive sound or song.
1. Complaining; expressing sorrow or grief; repining.
To sooth the sorrows of her plaintive son.
PLA'INTIVE, adjective Lamenting; complaining; expressive of sorrow; as a plaintive sound or song.
1. Complaining; expressing sorrow or grief; repining.
To sooth the sorrows of her plaintive son.