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- dwell 146
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- Happening at night and related to night 42
- federation 296
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- Initiative 371
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- fair-game 80
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- dress 369
- contrabandist 37
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- bribery 191
- provided that 61
- worthy of 26
- allergen 123
- suffuse 134
- food chain 105
- Exist 243
- Bold 146
- globalization 105
- interfacing 10
- hilarity 17
- electronics 371
- remind 398
- website 223
- lash 154
- late 131
- communique 95
- emanate 90
- paperweight 12
- goatherd 68
- inferiority complex 13
- Obstacle 143
- Go on with you 44
- flute 164
- prudence 153
- running 30
- butterfly 368
- lot 190
- Goal 247
- MADNESS 63
- arresting 68
- Pacific Ocean 72
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- maven 6
- ephemera 98
- plate 156
- dump-truck 32
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- Pervasive 73
- manipulator 7
- drum into 54
- scare 406
- swing 453
- abandoned 124
- mature 458
- chiaroscuro 144
- querulous 177
- Jumble 98
- paintbox 1
- holster 1
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- atmospheric 336
- pigs 9
- fighting 109
- admonish 78
- swing by 2
- miniaturist 3
- Rum 70
- finger 470
- invisible 424
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- Poor 147
- concentric 106
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- Virtue 167
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- loadstone 5
- synthetic 384
- rigid 409
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- impregnable 62
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- unchecked 109
- dynamite 99
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- Deist 29
- Leaflet 75
- lagged 2
- housewives 44
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- EU, the 87
- cellar 368
- comparably 48
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- sullen 111
- depositor 66
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- Fumble 132
- Drastically 69
- Well 238
- decree absolute 75
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- lightish 4
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- acumen 149
- freaky 67
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- contraction 294
- magenta 5
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- interrogation 3
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- puppetry 253
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- Allowance 116
- successful 493
- palette 9
- shallows 136
- portability 22
- forsake 212
- SHIFT 173
- stir-fry 21
- juror 4
- Commitment 333
- strife 172
- caravan site 38
- frontman 62
- dinosauric 32
- sponsor 507
- toe 371
- malty 2
- come-on 116
- Convenient 173
- miller 1
- seedling 86
- Tableware 34
- lifespan 6
- edged 33
- ownership 375
- hit 661
- hots 5
- patronization 2
- reluctance 247
- Mistakes 1
- Mistakes - thesaurus 23
- fagot 35
- locum 3
- take place 103
- brook 302
- lithe 1
- stun 222
- metal 380
plaintive
Word family
plain·tive /ˈpleɪntɪv/ adjectiveadj
—plaintively adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
plaintive• Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.• There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries.• The melody is plaintive, not energetic like the hymns in church.• Ranulf came in with a series of plaintive questions but Corbett dismissed him with a look.• Seam combine melancholy, rage and pure plaintive yearning to devastating effect.
plaintive cry/voice/sound etc• There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries.• Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.
(1300-1400) Old French plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT
plain·tive adjectiveadj
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
plaintive
Describing sounds that are high and short: high, high-pitched, clear...
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