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plaintiveness
noun as in pathos
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It will only plead at first to my friends in the still conscious plaintiveness of a young and unhardened beggar.
Mrs. Snows face looked unusually lined and set; in spite of her plaintiveness, her eyes had a harassed glitter.
Another remarkable quality of the song is a union of brilliancy and plaintiveness.
Indeed, his song is very strong for so small a bird, and unites in a remarkable degree brilliancy and plaintiveness.
But a note of plaintiveness crept into his voice: success was boring him, he had no further goals to shoot for.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to plaintiveness, such as: emotion, passion, poignancy, desolation, feeling, and poignance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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