slovo | definícia |
plaintive (encz) | plaintive,žalostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Plaintive (gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
[1913 Webster] -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. --
Plain"tive*ness, n.
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plaintive (wn) | plaintive
adj 1: expressing sorrow [syn: mournful, plaintive] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
complaintive (encz) | complaintive, adj: |
plaintive (encz) | plaintive,žalostný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plaintively (encz) | plaintively,plačtivě adv: Zdeněk Brožplaintively,žalostně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
plaintiveness (encz) | plaintiveness, |
Plaintively (gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
[1913 Webster] -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. --
Plain"tive*ness, n.
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Plaintiveness (gcide) | Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden.
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2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The
most plaintive ditty." --Landor.
[1913 Webster] -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. --
Plain"tive*ness, n.
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complaintive (wn) | complaintive
adj 1: expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a
complaining boss" [syn: complaining(a), complaintive]
[ant: uncomplaining] |
plaintive (wn) | plaintive
adj 1: expressing sorrow [syn: mournful, plaintive] |
plaintively (wn) | plaintively
adv 1: in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang
out plaintively" |
plaintiveness (wn) | plaintiveness
n 1: expressing sorrowfulness |
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