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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Plaintive

/plān'-tĭv/ · Plain·tive · IPA /ˈpleɪntɪv/
01 a. Repining; complaining; lamenting.
  1. 1.
    Repining; complaining; lamenting.
  2. 2.
    Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.