"Plaintive" is a word in ENGLISH

abáo - An expression of joy, surprise, astonishment, admiration, sorrow, grief and pain. Oh! Ah! Alas! Hurrah! Abáo, katahúm siní …

An exclamation expressive of sorrow.

An exclamation expressing sorrow.

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; …

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.

Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.

A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the …

Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.

The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state …