English-German translations for plaintive

• Klage die
• Klage-
• klagend
• traurig
  "Wenn Sie Ihr Land lieben, zahlen Sie Ihre Steuern", besagt ein trauriges Schild in Kinshasa. 'If you love your country, pay your taxes' said a plaintive sign in Kinshasa.
• wehleidig

Definition of plaintive

• Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic

Examples

• a typically plaintive song from Radiohead

Related words

• plaintiveness
• Plaintive Cuckoo
• plaintive voice