Synonyms of plaintive

1 Syllable

sad

2 Syllables

grousing, mournful, grievous, rueful, grumpy, grumbly, beefing, piteous, crabby, putout, cranky, ennuied, fed-up, wistful, put-out, woeful, wailing

3 Syllables

bellyaching, pitiful, grief-stricken, doleful, saddening, dirgeful, sorrowful, pathetic, heartrending, godawful, querulous, unsated, lamenting, dolorous, lugubrious

4 Syllables

dissatisfied, lamentable, irritable, cantankerous, dolorific, dolesome, melancholy, unappeased, unassuaged, ill-humored

5 Syllables

disconsolate, commiserable

6 Syllables

oversensitive