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plaintively
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Causing, feeling, or expressing regret, bitterness or sorrow
Adverb for disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
Adverb for having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
Adverb for feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
Adverb
▲
Causing, feeling, or expressing regret, bitterness or sorrow
bitterly
regretfully
agonisingly
UK
agonizingly
US
ruefully
painfully
sadly
sorrowfully
inconsolably
lugubriously
mournfully
resentfully
unhappily
woefully
wretchedly
dolefully
dolorously
grievously
sorely
wailfully
hard
hardly
sorrily
lamentably
heartbrokenly
anguishedly
plangently
dolesomely
achingly
melancholily
miserably
distressingly
forlornly
dismally
movingly
poignantly
tragically
pitifully
desolately
harrowingly
disconsolately
heartbreakingly
heart-rendingly
affectingly
touchingly
piteously
disturbingly
pathetically
heartrendingly
gloomily
upsettingly
saddeningly
glumly
woebegonely
despairingly
distressfully
despondently
dejectedly
wistfully
stirringly
deplorably
downheartedly
cheerlessly
joylessly
crestfallenly
nostalgically
tearfully
unfortunately
pitiably
emotionally
morosely
gut-wrenchingly
bluely
distressedly
melancholically
brokenheartedly
elegiacally
depressedly
downcastly
regrettably
drearily
afflictedly
depressingly
sentimentally
emotively
somberly
US
badly
sombrely
UK
sullenly
excruciatingly
direly
dispiritedly
impressively
impactfully
sufferingly
mirthlessly
heavy-heartedly
funereally
lowly
bleakly
traumatically
poorly
evocatively
darkly
comfortlessly
expressively
weepingly
powerfully
heavyheartedly
spiritlessly
droopily
abjectly
tearily
in sorrow
in sadness
tenderly
ruthfully
gravely
hauntingly
calamitously
afflictively
woundedly
lachrymosely
affectively
bleedingly
intensely
low-spiritedly
alas
soppily
mawkishly
sad to say
unluckily
sobbingly
distraughtly
grimly
pessimistically
moodily
stunningly
disappointingly
pensively
mortifyingly
disquietingly
solemnly
anxiously
commiseratively
harshly
passionately
dysphorically
crummily
dreamily
tristfully
weepily
depressively
heavily
hopelessly
keenly
profoundly
deeply
severely
seriously
coldly
morbidly
murkily
blackly
sepulchrally
greyly
UK
tenebrously
grayly
US
saturninely
godforsakenly
cloudily
lonesomely
lonelily
sunlessly
weirdly
eerily
uncannily
spookily
creepily
alarmingly
worryingly
horribly
unforgettably
dreadfully
chillingly
insufferably
disconcertingly
unpleasantly
unendurably
torturously
unenviably
unbearably
uncomfortably
cruelly
embarrassingly
clearly
frightfully
awfully
terribly
indelibly
atmospherically
memorably
ongoingly
obsessively
lastingly
naggingly
recurringly
persistently
repeatedly
recurrently
unconsolably
upliftingly
tellingly
heartwarmingly
in distress
in anguish
in despair
appallingly
tormentingly
brutally
shockingly
disastrously
hurtfully
gallingly
nastily
toughly
ghastlily
forbiddingly
troublesomely
searingly
abominably
difficultly
oppressively
horrendously
savagely
horrifically
horridly
disagreeably
horrifyingly
devastatingly
roughly
tryingly
direfully
catastrophically
lousily
atrociously
execrably
rottenly
hostilely
vilely
cataclysmically
acutely
inhumanly
onerously
ruinously
troublingly
extremely
ruggedly
intolerably
fiercely
objectionably
burdensomely
loathsomely
viciously
destructively
monstrously
frighteningly
fatally
crushingly
irksomely
abhorrently
worrisomely
gruesomely
heinously
nightmarishly
murderously
vexatiously
unsettlingly
distastefully
stressfully
egregiously
macabrely
unwelcomely
grislily
sharply
austerely
harmfully
dauntingly
ruthlessly
stiffly
mercilessly
hellaciously
unfavourably
UK
soberly
dangerously
unpalatably
overwhelmingly
unfavorably
US
displeasingly
revoltingly
hairily
piercingly
meanly
foully
injuriously
hideously
strongly
excessively
hellishly
unrelentingly
unspeakably
dishearteningly
burningly
violently
hardhandedly
discouragingly
diabolically
critically
shamefully
sickeningly
troublously
offensively
adversely
odiously
perilously
fearsomely
detestably
cripplingly
uglily
disgustingly
pitilessly
rigorously
disgracefully
punishingly
basely
ferociously
unpropitiously
unsavorily
US
taxingly
damagingly
unsavourily
UK
blisteringly
sedately
scandalously
repugnantly
tortuously
weightily
soberingly
intensively
almightily
undesirably
inauspiciously
damningly
fatefully
inhospitably
reprehensibly
threateningly
luridly
terrifyingly
wickedly
exactingly
godawfully
contemptibly
unfriendlily
stingingly
obnoxiously
dispiritingly
dirtily
inexcusably
abysmally
nerve-rackingly
detrimentally
repulsively
fearfully
lethally
unacceptably
delicately
smartingly
intimidatingly
spartanly
uninvitingly
starkly
explosively
discreditably
overpoweringly
parlously
unpleasingly
bitingly
sensitively
off-puttingly
precariously
rawly
impoverishedly
repellently
evilly
ignominiously
awkwardly
unforgivably
stabbingly
mortally
sordidly
villainously
exquisitely
problematically
scarily
vehemently
inferiorly
drably
unpardonably
hazardously
penetratingly
significantly
stringently
thornily
noxiously
wrongly
sourly
relentlessly
humourlessly
UK
humorlessly
US
unconscionably
arduously
consumingly
yuckily
killingly
greatly
urgently
menacingly
irritatingly
criminally
ill-fatedly
throbbingly
concerningly
despicably
strenuously
nefariously
dishonorably
US
forcefully
ominously
strictly
nauseatingly
trickily
achily
furiously
dishonourably
UK
grossly
iniquitously
inopportunely
outrageously
stickily
untowardly
painedly
formidably
irritatedly
nauseously
sinisterly
indefensibly
dreadly
balefully
forebodingly
redoubtably
considerably
deleteriously
filthily
repellantly
insupportably
bigly
lamely
inexorably
banefully
discomposingly
scummily
redly
desperately
demoralisingly
UK
demoralizingly
US
stinkingly
annoyingly
ickily
grottily
cuttingly
inclemently
intemperately
scurvily
unkindly
uncongenially
blameworthily
poundingly
disreputably
vigorously
ignobly
tensely
mightily
barbarically
heartlessly
aggressively
tightly
unworthily
immorally
squalidly
forcibly
obscenely
barbarously
messily
sadistically
brutishly
preposterously
senselessly
unsuccessfully
tremendously
malignantly
chronically
sternly
unsatisfactorily
noisomely
thunderously
cheaply
unpromisingly
hatefully
inhumanely
repressively
worthlessly
bothersomely
challengingly
knottily
ragingly
opprobriously
potently
wantonly
rattily
punitively
scabbily
gruelingly
US
concentratedly
truculently
rancidly
grubbily
exceptionably
terrifically
unjustifiably
draconianly
degenerately
majorly
consequentially
iffily
ticklishly
chancily
dodgily
fulsomely
grindingly
condemnably
indigently
perniciously
unamusingly
haplessly
robustly
tearingly
puissantly
suddenly
nail-bitingly
aggravatedly
gruellingly
UK
ill-advisedly
unforgivingly
suspectly
dubiously
scabrously
questionably
wildly
earnestly
ingloriously
ridiculously
disheartenedly
disadvantageously
discouragedly
laughably
tyrannically
domineeringly
heavy-handedly
rigidly
frustratingly
heftily
malevolently
uncoolly
unappealingly
disappointedly
maliciously
inimically
dingily
thumpingly
splittingly
feebly
toilsomely
stiflingly
inconveniently
barrenly
abortively
overbearingly
smartly
vulgarly
shamelessly
uneasily
worsely
monumentally
infelicitously
gutsily
lucklessly
brokenly
uncompromisingly
aggrievedly
shoddily
trashily
implacably
negatively
strickenly
gnawingly
laboriously
wearingly
discomfitingly
sacrificially
troubledly
unsparingly
abusively
punchily
blindingly
staidly
derisorily
destitutely
dourly
controversially
bumpily
tiredly
caustically
exigently
drastically
flintily
dynamically
discommodiously
itchily
incommodiously
wearisomely
scratchily
meagrely
UK
uncomically
unsmilingly
obdurately
meagerly
US
astringently
nocuously
prejudicially
unsafely
unsoundly
strengthfully
sickly
remorselessly
deathlily
disgustfully
tastelessly
putridly
sleazily
vomitously
immoderately
inordinately
hard-heartedly
terminally
unhealthily
jeopardously
riskily
stomach-turningly
unappetizingly
cloyingly
stomach-churningly
scuzzily
rebarbatively
sinfully
exorbitantly
toweringly
steeply
overweeningly
unmercifully
swingeingly
paltrily
inadequately
substandardly
pestilently
headstrongly
intractably
extravagantly
hardheadedly
insanely
baroquely
plethorically
devilishly
quarrelsomely
sad to relate
treacherously
poisonously
unprincipledly
minaciously
censurably
pugnaciously
incurably
fiendishly
dishonestly
bellicosely
slimily
vitally
low-mindedly
pestilentially
unethically
deadly
cheatingly
improperly
infamously
infernally
deviously
wrongfully
unlawfully
flagitiously
fraudulently
unwarrantedly
unrightfully
intolerantly
brutely
culpably
deceitfully
falsely
unfairly
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“They head out in the boat and Sancho starts crying after he hears his donkey braying
plaintively
.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
querulously
petulantly
testily
waspishly
cantankerously
crossly
fretfully
irritably
tetchily
touchily
crabbily
discontentedly
grouchily
pettishly
carpingly
crabbedly
critically
crotchetily
crustily
edgily
fractiously
grumpily
peevishly
sourly
bitterly
disagreeably
impatiently
miserably
moodily
morosely
censoriously
chippily
crankily
huffily
irascibly
rattily
scratchily
sullenly
biliously
captiously
cholerically
churlishly
dyspeptically
snappishly
snappily
splenetically
sulkily
surlily
eggily
fussily
miffily
peckishly
snakily
bearishly
cryingly
difficultly
negatively
saltily
scrappily
uptightly
waspily
whinily
ill-naturedly
Adverb
▲
Adverb for having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
sentimentally
soppily
mushily
mawkishly
cornily
sloppily
schmaltzily
cloyingly
drippily
maudlinly
saccharinely
slushily
sugarily
sappily
soupily
cheesily
emotionally
cutesily
syrupily
sicklily
weepily
spoonily
fruitily
stickily
ickily
tweely
romantically
overemotionally
wetly
touchingly
gushingly
sloshily
effusively
gushily
tearfully
nostalgically
lachrymosely
soapily
sweetly
jejunely
pathetically
movingly
inanely
demonstratively
poignantly
tenderly
dreamily
affectedly
idealistically
impressionably
passionately
softheartedly
tragically
insipidly
vapidly
languishingly
depressingly
melancholily
sadly
sillily
dismally
visionarily
heart-rendingly
soft-heartedly
Adverb
▲
Adverb for feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
discontentedly
disgruntledly
displeasedly
irritatedly
annoyedly
disappointedly
exasperatedly
unhappily
vexedly
resentfully
aggrievedly
angrily
frustratedly
disaffectedly
malcontentedly
sullenly
crabbily
grumpily
restlessly
fretfully
sulkily
restively
enviously
querulously
critically
pickily
regretfully
begrudgingly
grudgingly
insatiably
jealously
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