The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SAD which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2015.
Plaintive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAD | 47 % | 3 |
| ELEGIAC | 27 % | 7 |
| DOLEFUL | 7 % | 7 |
| MOURNFUL | 7 % | 8 |
| MINOR | 7 % | 5 |
| RUEFUL | 7 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Plaintive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mournful
- sorrowful
- sad
- plangent
- wistful
- doleful
- anguished
- lilting
- quavering
- shrill
- keening
- piteous
Crossword Answer definitions
SAD verb- To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- Steadfast, valiant.
- Dignified, serious, grave.
- Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- The letter ص in the Arabic script.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SAD
More clues leading to the result ELEGIAC
- Mournful
- Like funeral dirges
- Sorrowful
- Plaintive
- Melancholy
- Melancholy.
- Like Thomas Gray's finest work.
- Plaintive.
- ___ stanza.
- Plaintive verse
More clues leading to the result DOLEFUL
More clues leading to the result MOURNFUL
More clues leading to the result MINOR
- Underage
- Underage one
- Of not much importance
- Scale variety
- One who is one, decidedly
- Juvenile court defendant
- Sad-sounding
- Like some keys
- Asia __
- Trivial