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Showing words for PLAINTIVE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Plaintive

plaintive

7 Letter Words for Plaintive

ilvaite, invital, livetin, naivite, pantile, pentail, pintail, platine, tailpin, talpine, ventail

6 Letter Words for Plaintive

alevin, alinit, alipin, alpine, alvine, alvite, aplite, entail, inital, intail, inveil, invile, invite, lative, leptin, levant, lintie, native, navite, neavil, nepali, pantie, pantle, patine, penial, pianet, pilate, piline, pineal, pineta, pinite, pintle, plaint, planet, platen, platie, plevin, plevna, pliant, taipei, tenail, tiepin, tineal, valent, valine, veinal, venial, ventil, vineal, vitial

5 Letter Words for Plaintive

alien, aliet, alite, alive, alpen, altin, anile, anlet, anvil, apiin, apili, avile, avine, elain, elint, elvan, enapt, enlit, enpia, ental, entia, inapt, inept, inial, inlet, intel, intil, laeti, laine, lapin, laten, latin, leapt, lenti, lepta, levin, liane, linea, linie, lipin, litai, liven, naevi, naive, navel, navet, nepal, nepit, nevat, niepa, nival, paine, paint, palet, panel, patel, paten, patin, paven, pavin, pelta, penal, penta, petal, pieta, pilea, pilei, pilin, pinta, pinte, plain, plait, plane, plant, plate, pleat, plena, tapen, telia, tenai, tenia, tenla, tepal, tilia, tinea, tiple, valet, venal, venta, vilna, vinal, vinea, vinet, vinta, vitae, vital

4 Letter Words for Plaintive

aiel, aile, aine, aint, alen, alep, alii, alin, anet, anil, ante, anti, apii, atip, atle, atli, avie, eila, elan, epil, epit, etna, eval, evap, evil, ilea, ilia, inia, init, inta, inti, intl, invt, ipil, itai, ital, itel, ivin, laen, laet, lain, lait, lane, lant, late, lati, lave, lean, leap, leat, lena, lent, lepa, leva, levi, lien, liin, lina, line, lint, lipa, lipe, lite, liti, live, nael, nail, nale, nape, natl, nave, navi, neal, neap, neat, nepa, neti, nevi, nile, nipa, pail, pain, pale, pali, palt, pane, pant, pate, pave, peai, peal, pean, peat, pela, pelt, peni, pent, peta, pial, pian, pien, piet, pila, pile, pili, pina, pine, pint, pita, plan, plat, plea, plia, plie, tael, taen, tail, tain, tale, tali, tane, tape, tave, teal, tean, teap, teil, tela, teli, tepa, tien, tile, tine, tipe, vail, vain, vale, vali, vane, vant, vape, veal, veil, vein, vela, vena, vent, veta, vial, vila, vile, vina, vine, vint, vita, vite, vlei

3 Letter Words for Plaintive

ail, ain, ait, ale, aln, alp, alt, ane, ant, ape, apl, apt, ate, atp, ave, avn, ean, eat, ela, eli, elt, enl, env, epa, epi, eta, ile, int, inv, ipl, ita, iva, ive, lai, lan, lap, lat, lav, lea, lei, lep, let, lev, lie, lin, lip, lit, lpn, nae, nap, nat, nav, nea, nei, nep, net, nie, nil, nip, nit, pal, pan, pat, pav, pea, pel, pen, pet, pia, pie, pil, pin, pit, pli, pta, pte, pva, pvt, tai, tal, tan, tap, tav, tea, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, tip, tln, tpi, vae, val, van, vat, vei, vel, vet, via, vie, vii, vil, vin, vip

Definitions for Plaintive

[1] expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
[2] expressing melancholy; mournful

Words related to Plaintive

melancholy, grief-stricken, sad, wistful, heartrending, mournful, sorrowful, cantankerous, crabby, cranky, disconsolate, doleful, grievous, grumpy, lamenting, lugubrious, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, rueful

Words nearby Plaintive

plainsong, plainstones, plaint, plaintext, plaintiff, plaintive, plainview, plainville, plaister, plait, plaiting

Origin of Plaintive

1350–1400; plaint + -ive; replacing Middle English plaintif < Middle French

Words that may be confused with Plaintive

plaintiff, plaintive

Other words from Plaintive

plain·tive·ly , adverb
plain·tive·ness , noun

Word origin for Plaintive

C14: from Old French plaintif grieving, from plainte plaint

Synonyms for Plaintive

grief-stricken, heartrending, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, wistful, beefing, bellyaching, cantankerous, crabby, cranky, disconsolate, doleful, grievous, grousing, grumpy, lamenting, lugubrious, out of sorts, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, rueful, saddening, wailing, woeful