COMPLAINTIVE Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word complaintive. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for COMPLAINTIVE
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doleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||||
grievous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • causing or marked by grief or anguish • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought • shockingly brutal or cruel | ||||||||
lamenting | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | ||||||||
melancholy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||||
mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||||
piteous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||||
plaintive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow | ||||||||
regretful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone | ||||||||
sad | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||||
tearful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • filled with or marked by tears adjective satellite • showing sorrow | ||||||||
wailing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • loud cries made while weeping adjective satellite • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | ||||||||
woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||||
deploring | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • express strong condemnation of • regret strongly | ||||||||
whining | nounn | |||||||
noun • a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way verb • move with a whining sound • talk in a tearful manner • make a high-pitched, screeching noise • complain whiningly | ||||||||
complaining | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
adjective • expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment |