Definitions For Plaintive

adjective

  • Expressing sorrow

Is Plaintive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Plaintive is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Plaintive in a Sentence

  • We could hear the plaintive cry of a wounded animal in the woods.
  • The puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing

Synonyms for Plaintive

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