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