Bible Dictionaries
Plaintive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

(2):

(n.) Repining; complaining; lamenting.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plaintive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/plaintive.html. 1828.