PLAINTIVENESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expressing sorrowfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("plaintiveness" is a kind of...):

mournfulness; ruthfulness; sorrowfulness (a state of gloomy sorrow)

Derivation:

plaintive (expressing sorrow)

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