Found 2 items, similar to plaintiveness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: plaintiveness plaintiveness n : expressing sorrowfulness
English → English (gcide) Definition: Plaintiveness Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. “The most plaintive ditty.” --Landor. [1913 Webster] -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]