Plaintive Crossword Clue

Last seen: CS, 01 Jan 2015

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SAD
3 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
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Feeling blueCrossword Clue
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DowntroddenCrossword Clue
Down in the dumpsCrossword Clue
In a funkCrossword Clue
SorrowfulCrossword Clue
SorryCrossword Clue
Like a texter who sends a crying emojiCrossword Clue

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ELEGIAC
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
MournfulCrossword Clue
Poetically lamenting something pastCrossword Clue
Mournful, as poetryCrossword Clue
Mournful — eg AliceCrossword Clue
Sad English member upset CIACrossword Clue
Sad end of mammal in calamitous ice ageCrossword Clue
Legacies largely corrupt - sadCrossword Clue
Like a keen learner, say, one in each class initiallyCrossword Clue
Mournful English, and Gaelic outpouringCrossword Clue

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DOLEFUL
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Sad when stuffed with pineapple brand?Crossword Clue
Gloomy and sad as an old failed Republican presidential candidate?Crossword Clue
Handouts only 75% complete, ones miserableCrossword Clue
Miserable benefit payment almost completeCrossword Clue
Threatening to have party for graduate suffering griefCrossword Clue
CheerlessCrossword Clue
JoylessCrossword Clue
Financial support almost complete, still sadCrossword Clue
Old flue needs replacing, thats sadCrossword Clue

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MINOR
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Secondary area of studyCrossword Clue
InconsequentialCrossword Clue
UnimportantCrossword Clue
One’s not yet an adultCrossword Clue
Key typeCrossword Clue
Morris, Asia or Ursa ___Crossword Clue
Opposite of majorCrossword Clue
College declarationCrossword Clue
Secondary field of studyCrossword Clue

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MOURNFUL
8 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
GloomyCrossword Clue
GrievingCrossword Clue
MelancholyCrossword Clue
Gloomy second novel unfurls endlesslyCrossword Clue
Lugubrious doctor with contents of vase?Crossword Clue
LugubriousCrossword Clue
Heavy-heartedCrossword Clue
Second pot not quite full? Thats sadCrossword Clue

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QUERULOUS
9 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
PetulantCrossword Clue
WhinyCrossword Clue
Peevish Queen reformed rule over AmericaCrossword Clue
PeevishCrossword Clue
Complaining - question on loss of capital by Peru almost badCrossword Clue
ArgumentativeCrossword Clue
Petulant Queen rules capriciously - involving you having head cut offCrossword Clue

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RUEFUL
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sorry when 60% of funds lost during revolutionary ruleCrossword Clue
Apologetic, runs back to Daihatsu with free fuelCrossword Clue
ContriteCrossword Clue
Melancholy way of the French footloose richCrossword Clue
Four regularly break new rule, repentingCrossword Clue
Melancholy skipper with no more appetite, were toldCrossword Clue
Foul regularly, breaking rule, confused and repentantCrossword Clue
Nice street almost packed - sorry!Crossword Clue
PenitentCrossword Clue
SorryCrossword Clue

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BLEAT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sheep's peepCrossword Clue
Complain win against one side’s overshadowedCrossword Clue
ComplainCrossword Clue
Sheep's soundCrossword Clue
Ewe said it!Crossword Clue
Sound from a sheepCrossword Clue
Lamb's cryCrossword Clue
Sheep soundCrossword Clue
Complain sheepishly?Crossword Clue
Cry from a goatCrossword Clue

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WAIL
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cry of despair – like a banshee’s?Crossword Clue
SobCrossword Clue
Cry outCrossword Clue
Siren soundCrossword Clue
Sound from a saxophoneCrossword Clue
Cry loudlyCrossword Clue
Cry miserablyCrossword Clue
Banshee’s callCrossword Clue
KeenCrossword Clue
YowlCrossword Clue

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AHME
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Alas …"Crossword Clue
Sighed wordsCrossword Clue
Wistful sighCrossword Clue
Melodramatic sighCrossword Clue
Sigh of lamentCrossword Clue
Weary sighCrossword Clue
Expression of lamentationCrossword Clue
"Alas!"Crossword Clue
"Alas ... "Crossword Clue
"Alas!'"Crossword Clue

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DIRGE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Track of one's tears?Crossword Clue
Sorrowful songCrossword Clue
Dolorous songCrossword Clue
Mournful songCrossword Clue
Mournful tuneCrossword Clue
Musical lamentCrossword Clue
Beginning to groan in dreadful lamentCrossword Clue
Groups leader cutting dreadful sad songCrossword Clue
Somber songCrossword Clue
Mournful melodyCrossword Clue

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DIRGES
6 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Mournful songsCrossword Clue
Funereal compositionsCrossword Clue
Some somber musicCrossword Clue
Funeral hymnsCrossword Clue
Passing scores?Crossword Clue
Passing scores?Crossword Clue
Mournful compositionsCrossword Clue
Mournful melodiesCrossword Clue

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ELEGIES
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mournful poemsCrossword Clue
Lamenting linesCrossword Clue
Laments idea oddly to cut European membersCrossword Clue
Laments English members taking to witCrossword Clue
Sad songsCrossword Clue
Laments idea regularly adopted by European membersCrossword Clue
Laments brutal siege after the Spanish returnCrossword Clue
Melancholy poemsCrossword Clue
Poetic lamentsCrossword Clue
Laments English that is accepted by membersCrossword Clue

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ELEGISTS
8 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Support in extraordinary sites for plaintive poetsCrossword Clue
Poets, say, in European cataloguesCrossword Clue
Grey et alCrossword Clue
Writers of lamentationsCrossword Clue

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ELEGY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sorrowful songCrossword Clue
Poem of mourningCrossword Clue
Recalling my entertaining line on ultimately very sad songCrossword Clue
Solemn poemCrossword Clue
Parting wordsCrossword Clue
Solemn stanzasCrossword Clue
Mournful verseCrossword Clue
Novel, e.g. Yellowface containing sombre poemCrossword Clue
Mournful poemCrossword Clue
Mournful poemCrossword Clue

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GROAN
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Reaction to many a dad jokeCrossword Clue
[Here we go again]Crossword Clue
Reaction to an awful punCrossword Clue
Matriarch imbibes fourth of Famous GrouseCrossword Clue
Unhappy sound got bigger, as heardCrossword Clue
Classic reaction to a punCrossword Clue
[But I don't wanna do my homework!]Crossword Clue
Complaint of old lady needing to inhale oxygenCrossword Clue
Reaction to a bad punCrossword Clue
Pretend to be a ghostCrossword Clue

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HOWL
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Allen Ginsberg poem which begins, “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”Crossword Clue
React to something hilariousCrossword Clue
Laugh – or cryCrossword Clue
Wolf's bayCrossword Clue
Doleful canine cry; Ginsberg poemCrossword Clue
Wolf's call to the moonCrossword Clue
Bay, sayCrossword Clue
WailCrossword Clue
Wolf's cryCrossword Clue
Laugh really hardCrossword Clue

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MAA
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Barnyard bleatCrossword Clue
Goat soundCrossword Clue
Barnyard soundCrossword Clue
Pasture soundCrossword Clue
Call from a goatCrossword Clue
Kid's cryCrossword Clue
Sound from a kidCrossword Clue
Barnyard baby soundCrossword Clue
Kid's cryCrossword Clue
"Here's looking at you, kid"?Crossword Clue

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MEOW
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Cat food, please!"Crossword Clue
"Hi, hello, you just bought me a toy, but I only care about the box"Crossword Clue
Cat's noiseCrossword Clue
Cat callCrossword Clue
Rolled over, suffering mog’s initial cryCrossword Clue
Response to "who's the sweetest kitty in the whole wide world?"Crossword Clue
Some assume owls sound like catsCrossword Clue
Cat's noiseCrossword Clue
Communicate like a SphynxCrossword Clue
Be a chatty catty?Crossword Clue

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MEW
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Kitty's soundCrossword Clue
Sound in a vet's officeCrossword Clue
Kitten's soundCrossword Clue
Sound from a litter boxCrossword Clue
Pokémon with a catlike appearanceCrossword Clue
Kitten's callCrossword Clue
Kitten's cryCrossword Clue
Kitten's cryCrossword Clue
Animal cry that sounds like a Greek letterCrossword Clue
Kitten’s cryCrossword Clue

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MOAN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Apt rhyme for "groan"Crossword Clue
Sound made after biting into something deliciousCrossword Clue
Haunted house soundCrossword Clue
Ghostly soundCrossword Clue
Ghostly sound effectCrossword Clue
Suffering soundCrossword Clue
Reaction upon tasting a decadent dessertCrossword Clue
___ and groanCrossword Clue
Complainer's soundCrossword Clue
ComplainCrossword Clue

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MOANS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
GripesCrossword Clue
Haunted house noisesCrossword Clue
Sounds from a child after they're told to turn off the TV, maybeCrossword Clue
Haunted house soundsCrossword Clue
KvetchesCrossword Clue
Haunted house soundsCrossword Clue
Does grouse: bird with sides of noodlesCrossword Clue
Spooky soundsCrossword Clue
Sounds that might accompany foot-draggingCrossword Clue
Haunted house soundsCrossword Clue

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OBOE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Double-reed woodwindCrossword Clue
Orchestra tunerCrossword Clue
Orchestra-tuning instrumentCrossword Clue
Instrument that resembles a clarinetCrossword Clue
Double-reed woodwindCrossword Clue
Woodwind instrumentCrossword Clue
Orchestra-tuning instrumentCrossword Clue
Instrument in some Sufjan Stevens songsCrossword Clue
Double-reed cousin of the clarinetCrossword Clue
Instrument near a flute in an orchestra pitCrossword Clue

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SIGH
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sound of reliefCrossword Clue
Exasperated soundCrossword Clue
[Ah, woe is me!]Crossword Clue
Exhale sorrowfullyCrossword Clue
"Best weekend ever" soundCrossword Clue
"Here we go again" soundCrossword Clue
Wistful soundCrossword Clue
Something to heaveCrossword Clue
Exhale in frustrationCrossword Clue
[How disappointing]Crossword Clue

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SOB
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Shed tearsCrossword Clue
BawlCrossword Clue
Have a bawlCrossword Clue
Weep noisilyCrossword Clue
WailCrossword Clue
Melodramatic soundCrossword Clue
Cry loudlyCrossword Clue
BawlCrossword Clue
Have a good cryCrossword Clue
Weep audiblyCrossword Clue

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WAH
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Quit crying, ya big baby!"Crossword Clue
Nursery cryCrossword Clue
Baby's cryCrossword Clue
Crying soundCrossword Clue
Crying soundCrossword Clue
Sad trombone soundCrossword Clue
Infant's cryCrossword Clue
Crying baby's soundCrossword Clue
Cry from a cribCrossword Clue
Infant's cryCrossword Clue

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WAILS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mournful soundsCrossword Clue
Cries plaintivelyCrossword Clue
Cries and criesCrossword Clue
Cries miserablyCrossword Clue
Cries loudlyCrossword Clue
Complains loudlyCrossword Clue
Sounds of saxophonesCrossword Clue
Cries loudlyCrossword Clue
Wife irritates and complainsCrossword Clue
Sings the bluesCrossword Clue

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WAUL
4 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Cry, given report of Trumps barrier?Crossword Clue
Make high-pitched, whiny noisesCrossword Clue

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WAW
3 Letters

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WHINE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Say "This isn't fair!," sayCrossword Clue
Sound crankyCrossword Clue
Complain petulantlyCrossword Clue
Complaint one enters when maltreatedCrossword Clue
KvetchCrossword Clue
Moan and groanCrossword Clue
Moan and groanCrossword Clue
Complain annoyinglyCrossword Clue
BellyacheCrossword Clue
Complain, complain, complainCrossword Clue

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ALAS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Oh, woe!"Crossword Clue
“Sad to say...”Crossword Clue
"Sadly …"Crossword Clue
Sigh of woeCrossword Clue
"So it goes"Crossword Clue
Sighed wordCrossword Clue
"Sad to say . . ."Crossword Clue
"Regrettably . . ."Crossword Clue
Sad sighCrossword Clue
“It’s a shame...”Crossword Clue

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ETTU
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Latin "Not you too!?"Crossword Clue
"You're double-crossing me too?!"Crossword Clue
Accusatory wordsCrossword Clue
"___, Brute?"Crossword Clue
Caesar's addressing?Crossword Clue
Caesarean delivery?Crossword Clue
Question to a backstabberCrossword Clue
"Oh, you're in on this, too?"Crossword Clue
"You, too?!"Crossword Clue
"___, Brute?"Crossword Clue

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FADO
4 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Football bosses note Portuguese performanceCrossword Clue
Loud commotion and blue air in Lisbon?Crossword Clue
Loud commotion and blue air in Lisbon?Crossword Clue
Portuguese traditional dance and doleful songCrossword Clue
Following difficulty striking new driver, golfer displays dejected airCrossword Clue

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WHINY
5 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Prone to complainingCrossword Clue
Prone to complainingCrossword Clue
Like a sleepy toddlerCrossword Clue
SnivelingCrossword Clue
Prone to complainingCrossword Clue
Prone to beefingCrossword Clue
Prone to beefingCrossword Clue

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PESOS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Buenos Aires cashCrossword Clue
Cozumel coinsCrossword Clue
Change in ChihuahuaCrossword Clue
Cancun currencyCrossword Clue
Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian)Crossword Clue
Money minted in Quezon CityCrossword Clue
Cuban currencyCrossword Clue
Mexican moneyCrossword Clue
Cancún coinsCrossword Clue
Uruguayan cashCrossword Clue

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ANGIE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Unstoppable" singer ___ RoseCrossword Clue
"The Hate U Give" author ThomasCrossword Clue
"The Hate U Give" author ThomasCrossword Clue
1973 Rolling Stones hitCrossword Clue
"Dominicana" novelist CruzCrossword Clue
Rolling Stones song from 1973Crossword Clue
"The Hate U Give" writer ThomasCrossword Clue
Harmon of "Rizzoli & Isles"Crossword Clue
"Rizzoli & Isles" actress HarmonCrossword Clue
"The Hate U Give" writer ThomasCrossword Clue

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EPSILON
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Suspect one has come across Greek letter, fifth in total – here?Crossword Clue
Start for Eratosthenes?Crossword Clue
Greek character fiddled with pen describing storage siteCrossword Clue
One's lip quivers seeing character from GreeceCrossword Clue
E in the Greek alphabetCrossword Clue
Greek letterCrossword Clue
Slip-on shoe ultimately designed for Greek characterCrossword Clue
Greek "E"Crossword Clue
Slip one prepared for Greek characterCrossword Clue
Refusal to receive student is picked up in letterCrossword Clue

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THESIZE
7 Letters

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MANOVERBOARD
12 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
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Emergency at seaCrossword Clue

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SAYITAINTSOJOE
14 Letters

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Showing 40 Matching Answers

SAD

9 RELATED CLUES

ELEGIAC

9 RELATED CLUES

DOLEFUL

9 RELATED CLUES

MINOR

9 RELATED CLUES

MOURNFUL

8 RELATED CLUES

QUERULOUS

7 RELATED CLUES

RUEFUL

10 RELATED CLUES

BLEAT

10 RELATED CLUES

WAIL

10 RELATED CLUES

AHME

10 RELATED CLUES

DIRGE

10 RELATED CLUES

DIRGES

8 RELATED CLUES

ELEGIES

10 RELATED CLUES

ELEGISTS

4 RELATED CLUES

ELEGY

10 RELATED CLUES

GROAN

10 RELATED CLUES

HOWL

10 RELATED CLUES

MAA

10 RELATED CLUES

MEOW

10 RELATED CLUES

MEW

10 RELATED CLUES

MOAN

10 RELATED CLUES

MOANS

10 RELATED CLUES

OBOE

10 RELATED CLUES

SIGH

10 RELATED CLUES

SOB

10 RELATED CLUES

WAH

10 RELATED CLUES

WAILS

10 RELATED CLUES

WAUL

2 RELATED CLUES

WAW

WHINE

10 RELATED CLUES

ALAS

10 RELATED CLUES

ETTU

10 RELATED CLUES

FADO

5 RELATED CLUES

WHINY

7 RELATED CLUES

PESOS

10 RELATED CLUES

ANGIE

10 RELATED CLUES

EPSILON

10 RELATED CLUES

THESIZE

MANOVERBOARD

2 RELATED CLUES

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