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COMPLAINTIVE Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word complaintive. (exact relations)
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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

Alternatives for DOLEFUL

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