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What is another word for
plaintive
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Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
Producing strong feelings and emotions
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
Very loud or having a high volume
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
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Adjective
▲
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
sorrowful
mournful
doleful
woeful
anguished
heartbroken
rueful
sorry
dolorous
agonised
UK
agonized
US
grieving
wailing
dolesome
plangent
funeral
lamentable
bewailing
bemoaning
sad
deploring
bitter
melancholy
weeping
lugubrious
aching
wretched
regretful
disconsolate
unhappy
forlorn
woebegone
desolate
nostalgic
melancholic
grievous
elegiac
wistful
heartsick
pitiful
lamenting
pathetic
piteous
heartrending
grief-stricken
heart-rending
broken-hearted
out of sorts
miserable
gloomy
dismal
distressed
glum
blue
despairing
brokenhearted
depressed
dejected
despondent
downcast
downhearted
down
crestfallen
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
morose
suffering
tormented
tortured
inconsolable
sorrowing
afflicted
heartsore
hangdog
low-spirited
heavy-hearted
in pain
somber
US
sombre
UK
cheerless
funereal
dark
wounded
joyless
low
dire
saddened
devastated
distressing
painful
heavyhearted
angst-ridden
droopy
tearful
bad
threnodic
deplorable
bleeding
dolent
cast down
sobbing
regretting
racked
unfortunate
harrowing
dreamy
lachrymose
teary
distraught
traumatized
US
hopeless
traumatised
UK
pensive
calamitous
ruthful
weepy
regrettable
afflictive
dolorific
upset
mourning
heavy
in distress
in anguish
heavy with grief
anxious
harrowed
dispirited
cut up
racked with pain
racked with suffering
repining
grim
pessimistic
tragic
moody
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
dull
spiritless
mirthless
dragged
comfortless
solemn
hurting
dysphoric
crummy
bereft
destroyed
tristful
bleak
depressing
ripped
depressive
sullen
let down
in a blue funk
taken down
cast-down
down and out
fed up
in the pits
in the toilet
torn up
bummed out
in the dumps
on a downer
low-down
full of sorrow
in mourning
dirge-like
in sorrow
dreary
drear
dirgelike
cold
poignant
morbid
gray
US
black
chill
murky
tenebrific
sepulchral
grey
UK
darkening
plutonian
tenebrous
godforsaken
saturnine
lonesome
dreich
sunless
lonely
threnodial
cloudy
remorseful
moving
Cimmerian
touching
repentant
contrite
penitent
apologetic
self-reproachful
compunctious
sheepish
shamefaced
conscience-stricken
pitiable
ashamed
discouraged
disheartened
in low spirits
disappointed
dour
chap-fallen
demoralized
US
abject
long-faced
demoralised
UK
oppressed
troubled
in the doldrums
elegiacal
defeatist
choked
cheesed off
chapfallen
heartbreaking
saddening
brassed off
sick as a parrot
crushed
drab
pained
mopey
disheartening
grieved
downbeat
down-hearted
dispiriting
weighed down
austere
uncomfortable
hurt
dejecting
stark
all torn up
in despair
shot down
dismayed
grave
oppressive
dingy
sunk in gloom
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sober
weary
emotional
crabbed
sulky
bereaved
as sick as a parrot
down-and-out
singing the blues
desperate
drearisome
uninviting
sour
grumpy
unwelcoming
sedate
discouraging
dim
inhospitable
bare
daunted
helpless
bland
gutted
surly
clinical
brooding
Eeyorish
draggy
impersonal
serious
moping
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
sick at heart
displeased
sunk
sorry for yourself
ugly
low in spirits
poor
forbidding
perturbed
unfriendly
stern
disillusioned
defeated
churlish
traumatic
distressful
upsetting
severe
discontented
sapped
abashed
gruff
disappointing
enervated
unsmiling
unconsolable
agonizing
US
discomposing
terrible
in tears
in grief
in doldrums
flat
negative
damp
adust
subdued
agonising
UK
frowning
uncommunicative
mopish
bummed-out
broody
tear-jerking
heart-wrenching
dirgeful
cynical
listless
flinty
fierce
intimidating
ungentle
louring
steely
rough
lowering
rugged
shattered
resigned
poker-faced
down-in-the-mouth
bowed down
harsh
mean-looking
disapproving
stony
unsympathetic
very sad
let-down
not happy
hard-faced
hard
long-suffering
stringent
worried
aggrieved
bothered
shaken
undermined
disturbed
concerned
disgruntled
worthless
apathetic
deathly
Stygian
obscure
hollow
burnt
discombobulated
uptight
bugged
sore
shook
antsy
burned
contused
languishing
unsatisfied
discontent
disenchanted
angry
annoyed
cross
feel-bad
affecting
cringing
browbeaten
guilty
cowed
without energy
taciturn
shook up
deflated
griefstricken
lowered
bowed
hurtful
depressant
emo
mopy
heart-sick
guilty-looking
furtive
off
sluggish
luckless
suicidal
bummed
hapless
powerless
downtrodden
demoralizing
US
difficult
demoralising
UK
dreadful
strained
destitute
extremely saddened
lorn
intimidated
embarrassed
sneaking
sick
torn-up
ailing
dashed
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
have the blahs
prostrate with grief
excruciating
shocking
troublesome
crushing
unable to be comforted
unable to be consoled
doomed
beside oneself with grief
feeling down
full of gloom
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
cowering
humiliated
frantic
unmitigable
with a long face
ticked off
teed off
browned off
peed off
unpleasant
vexatious
taken aback
in a funk
earnest
po-faced
unhumorous
no-nonsense
staid
serious-minded
sobersided
horrific
appalling
derisible
frightful
horrifying
mortifying
no-win
can't win
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
strabilious
at the end of your tether
in the soup
up the creek
without hope
given to looking on the black side
wallowing
self-indulgent
self-pitying
self-absorbed
more ❯
“The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so
plaintive
and piteous.”
Adjective
▲
Producing strong feelings and emotions
affecting
poignant
moving
touching
sad
heartbreaking
stirring
distressing
pathetic
pitiful
upsetting
harrowing
emotional
disturbing
tragic
piteous
emotive
impressive
pitiable
painful
powerful
saddening
heartrending
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
impactful
haunting
uplifting
telling
affective
heartwarming
heart-rending
tear-jerking
soul-stirring
heart-warming
emotionally moving
arousing affect
gut-wrenching
distressful
mournful
woeful
miserable
wretched
sorry
dismal
sorrowful
lamentable
melancholy
grievous
tearful
deplorable
doleful
forlorn
rueful
sentimental
evocative
expressive
tender
unfortunate
nostalgic
bitter
wistful
traumatic
poor
cheerless
excruciating
abject
joyless
to be pitied
warming
stunning
heart-melting
regrettable
desolate
dire
depressing
ruthful
dreary
dolorous
perturbing
unlucky
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
passionate
tragical
intense
calamitous
agitating
afflictive
disappointing
drear
desolating
comfortless
afflicted
commiserative
teary
heart-wrenching
mortifying
disquieting
uncanny
weird
unearthly
spooky
eery
eerie
creepy
unforgettable
indelible
memorable
spookish
atmospheric
ongoing
obsessive
persistent
nagging
lingering
repeated
recurrent
recurring
lasting
never to be forgotten
not to be forgotten
dreadful
grim
unhappy
awful
gloomy
sombre
UK
somber
US
terrible
appalling
bleak
tormenting
solemn
hurtful
shocking
dispiriting
disheartening
hopeless
afflicting
unpleasant
funereal
dark
morose
worrying
bad
glum
depressive
torturous
harsh
troublesome
cruel
galling
discouraging
drab
uncomfortable
troubling
melancholic
sullen
stressful
discomforting
rotten
vexatious
nasty
difficult
disconsolate
disastrous
uninviting
lachrymose
horrific
lugubrious
unnerving
unbearable
horrifying
unwelcome
severe
black
disagreeable
displeasing
dejecting
distressed
oppressive
frightful
alarming
disconcerting
cold
unfavourable
UK
godforsaken
horrible
unsettling
irksome
grave
unfavorable
US
sepulchral
horrid
execrable
lonesome
elegiacal
ghastly
lousy
depressed
heart-breaking
nerve-racking
frightening
morbid
worrisome
discomposing
daunting
saturnine
plutonian
tenebrous
tenebrific
dreich
lonely
sunless
elegiac
inauspicious
objectionable
Cimmerian
sober
atrocious
austere
abysmal
intolerable
loathsome
dejected
humourless
UK
humorless
US
detestable
woebegone
dingy
spiritless
anguished
sour
offensive
crestfallen
gray
US
despondent
shameful
chill
murky
darkening
grey
UK
catastrophic
blue
unendurable
hard
insufferable
mourning
tough
cloudy
macabre
horrendous
vexing
cast down
down-and-out
egregious
forbidding
dramatic
mean
heavy
mirthless
dispirited
dull
sorrowing
distasteful
troublous
unacceptable
inferior
trying
abominable
unpalatable
undesirable
diabolical
nightmarish
foul
drearisome
abhorrent
uncongenial
unpleasing
crummy
unwelcoming
nerve-wracking
dour
dim
inhospitable
bare
stark
very bad
bland
clinical
off-putting
draggy
mopey
impersonal
cataclysmic
ruinous
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
in the dumps
adverse
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
crushing
dismaying
fierce
fatal
impassioned
devastating
dolesome
unpropitious
destructive
dirty
saccharine
sugary
syrupy
mawkish
over-sentimental
cataclysmal
searing
inopportune
squalid
inexcusable
tearing
harmful
hapless
chilling
soppy
mushy
cornball
weepy
gooey
schmaltzy
cutesy
drippy
sappy
reprehensible
disgraceful
unkind
damning
hellish
ill-fated
ignominious
fateful
taxing
deadly
unsatisfactory
scurvy
unpromising
despairing
hostile
crippling
gruesome
fraught
lovey-dovey
unsavory
US
hurting
scandalous
nail-biting
shattering
indigent
scungy
impoverished
contemptible
hairy
annoying
icky
odious
repugnant
yukky
yucky
sedate
hellacious
monstrous
stinking
sickening
three-hanky
cruddy
disgusting
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
godawful
God-awful
concerning
provoking
heartsickening
sucky
untimely
untoward
parlous
frustrating
foreboding
pain-filled
luckless
lamenting
derisible
plangent
pensive
sinister
unadvantageous
disadvantageous
injurious
terrifying
detrimental
sordid
ill-advised
misfortunate
unamusing
aggravating
inimical
fearful
ill-starred
exacting
revolting
infelicitous
catastrophal
dangerous
unforgiving
blameworthy
wrong
unforgivable
repellent
repulsive
irritating
vile
terribly bad
damaging
hideous
lurid
nauseating
obnoxious
grisly
gross
senseless
outrageous
inglorious
preposterous
regretful
repellant
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
awkward
ugly
nauseous
trashy
shoddy
filthy
ridiculous
unpardonable
unconscionable
indefensible
unspeakable
beastly
destitute
derisory
too bad
iniquitous
insupportable
discreditable
heinous
inspiring
extreme
extremely bad
desperate
acute
serious
unjustifiable
racking
a pity
meagre
UK
meager
US
ruthless
savage
violent
exciting
arousing
poverty-stricken
piercing
god-awful
criminal
opprobrious
beyond contempt
murderous
onerous
unrelenting
burdensome
relentless
wicked
stiff
rough
brutal
hardhanded
merciless
inhuman
rugged
ferocious
impelling
downcast
substandard
grubby
cheap
scummy
lame
inadequate
sneaking
despicable
ratty
scabby
paltry
tortuous
sore
remorseless
great
torturing
wrenching
meaningful
striking
raging
intemperate
rigorous
inclement
heartbroken
exquisite
chronic
cloying
gripping
breathless
significant
rousing
sententious
thrilling
down
vehement
killing
downhearted
inconsolable
worthless
suffering
overwhelming
grieving
struggling
hard-hearted
hokey
devastated
saddened
brokenhearted
droopy
heavyhearted
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
direful
low
gutted
helpless
bummed
powerless
downtrodden
devastative
down in the mouth
long-faced
down in the dumps
broken-hearted
low-spirited
cut up
in the pits
chap-fallen
grief-stricken
annihilatory
blighting
pernicious
messy
earth-shattering
confronting
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
querulous
complaining
petulant
testy
waspish
cantankerous
cross
fretful
irritable
tetchy
touchy
crabby
discontented
grouchy
grumbling
pettish
prickly
carping
crabbed
critical
crotchety
crusty
dissatisfied
edgy
fractious
grumpy
peevish
peppery
sour
whining
bitter
curmudgeonly
disagreeable
impatient
miserable
moody
morose
murmuring
censorious
chippy
cranky
huffy
irascible
ratty
scratchy
sullen
bilious
captious
choleric
churlish
dyspeptic
liverish
snappish
snappy
splenetic
sulky
surly
whingeing
eggy
fussy
narky
whingy
miffy
peckish
snaky
sorehead
soreheaded
bearish
bemoaning
crying
deploring
difficult
grousing
grumbly
lamenting
moaning
negative
salty
scrappy
uptight
wailing
waspy
whimpering
whiny
bad-tempered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
fault-finding
on edge
thin-skinned
hard to please
in a bad mood
out of sorts
out of temper
huffy irascible
like a bear with a sore head
fiery
quick-tempered
short-tempered
angry
perverse
hot-tempered
stroppy
ornery
shirty
snippy
snarky
stuffy
snippety
raspy
mean
quarrelsome
gruff
unfriendly
waxy
spiteful
resentful
acrimonious
tense
passionate
glum
oversensitive
pouting
pouty
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
contentious
curt
mardy
volatile
out of humor
temperamental
disgruntled
brusque
sensitive
bellicose
hotheaded
out of humour
ungracious
argumentative
short-fused
unpleasant
unsociable
disputatious
rude
contrary
ugly
truculent
as cross as two sticks
mopey
on a short fuse
shrewish
acid
malicious
gloomy
tempestuous
embittered
vindictive
dour
acrid
in a mood
cynical
displeased
obstinate
malignant
hostile
moping
feisty
blunt
tart
uncivil
violent
nasty
trying
rancorous
belligerent
sharp
easily offended
mumpish
antagonistic
vitriolic
hot-blooded
brooding
cross-grained
vicious
piqued
having got out of bed the wrong side
upset
confrontational
pugnacious
huffish
hypersensitive
annoyed
scowling
harsh
ireful
unhappy
pertinacious
discourteous
abrupt
tooshie
tough
excitable
snarling
impolite
indignant
short
sore
furious
unhelpful
glowering
awkward
bloody-minded
venomous
cussed
highly strung
frowning
sourpussed
joyless
sulking
hateful
impassioned
hot under the collar
having got out of bed on the wrong side
wrathful
vexed
put out
malevolent
peeved
irritated
combative
melodramatic
emotional
humourless
UK
humorless
US
bristly
boorish
recalcitrant
terse
mercurial
intense
agitated
unsmiling
foul
incensed
stormy
ticklish
faultfinding
refractory
bad
uncongenial
misanthropic
opinionated
unreasonable
crybaby
catty
dramatic
jumpy
atrabilious
malign
militant
disobliging
impetuous
hot-headed
iracund
iracundulous
worked up
aggressive
wild
shaken
frantic
infuriated
fuming
raving
inflamed
enraged
hottempered
uncomfortable
heated
snarly
exasperated
arsey
froward
hasty
uncooperative
vinegary
abusive
growling
saturnine
griping
fretting
childish
chuffy
ill-mannered
obstreperous
unruly
filthy
steamed-up
unresponsive
uncommunicative
mean-spirited
indomitable
unmannerly
foul-tempered
all shook up
nasty-tempered
bristling
antisocial
vengeful
hysterical
sharp-tongued
antipathetic
icy
out-of-sorts
virulent
vehement
envenomed
uncharitable
inhospitable
inconsiderate
unsympathetic
stressy
unindulgent
bellyaching
owly
beefing
disapproving
grudging
sarcastic
malcontent
wicked
jaundiced
objectionable
spunky
acerbic
acute
zowerswopped
ungenerous
unkind
cruel
choked
narked
perversely irritable
unlikable
hypercritical
viperous
eristic
having short fuse
hot under collar
restless
restive
uncompliant
indocile
toey
perturbable
sharp-tempered
mopish
evil-minded
irate
irked
fed up
dark
aloof
galled
wound up
wired up
bundle of nerves
bad-humored
like a bear
withdrawn
dismal
depressed
cheerless
livid
apoplectic
got up on wrong side of bed
mad
riled
steamed
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
hoha
wroth
overwrought
distraught
worried
aerated
in a huff
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
in a strop
anxious
stressed
fidgety
litigious
distressed
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
disputative
ticked off
teed off
factious
warring
gladiatorial
defiant
agonistic
oppugnant
not best pleased
hopping mad
bent out of shape
threatening
discordant
wrought up
ill at ease
inflammable
spirited
inimical
intolerant
lively
manic
lawless
uneasy
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
in a lather
het up
battling
dissentious
brawly
assaultive
warlike
fighting
controversial
polemical
polemic
in a paddy
in a bate
fit to be tied
bickering
ructious
arguesome
wrangling
provocative
naysaying
turbulent
war
brawling
stubborn
willful
wilful
intractable
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
headstrong
obdurate
mulish
intransigent
pigheaded
unmanageable
hardheaded
troublesome
steadfast
contrarious
opinionative
unpredictable
fiendish
stiff-necked
strong-minded
single-minded
set in one's ways
hard-nosed
hard to handle
bull-headed
pig-headed
wrong-headed
fierce
poisonous
severe
rough
aggrieved
stern
aggravated
caustic
louring
provoked
in a temper
cheesed off
abrasive
forbidding
crude
bolshie
offensive
hard
ferocious
taciturn
grim
miffed
menacing
obnoxious
outraged
angered
hot
easily upset
frenzied
in high dudgeon
ranting
browned off
peed off
cutting
biting
unceremonious
destructive
loudmouthed
acerb
offhand
bluff
flinty
steely
uninviting
serious
unapproachable
formidable
callous
offended
bad-mannered
rankled
ballistic
sombre
UK
stony
somber
US
no-nonsense
rotten
snuffy
unfeeling
galling
nettled
ticked
seething
brutal
intimidating
austere
lowering
solemn
grave
impulsive
insensitive
wretched
hurtful
snide
vile
agitable
raging
incandescent
rabid
aggers
pitiless
comfortless
biffo
maddened
base
storming
seeing red
spoiling for a fight
boiling
spare
roiled
infuriate
hopping
in a pet
wounding
steaming
evil-intentioned
beside oneself
frustrated
with all guns blazing
annoying
in a fume
going crook
have a bone to pick
horn-mad
in a frenzy
contemptible
blue in the face
riley
mean-looking
hate-filled
enflamed
foaming
beside yourself with rage
thrawn
vinegarish
scornful
apt to fly off the handle
sober
pessimistic
tempersome
quick to anger
unaccommodating
disrespectful
contumacious
obstructive
balky
Eeyorish
with a long face
adversarial
disappointed
forceful
long-faced
uncontrollable
boisterous
off
offish
smileless
discontent
disaffected
ungratified
malcontented
kvetching
bothered
affronted
flustered
rebellious
having a chip on one's shoulder
pushy
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
hurt
brassed off
disturbed
harassed
unamused
scunnered
troubled
harried
ruffled
wrath
snitty
hassled
mighty
bad tempered
out of joint
unlovable
crass
dejected
broody
unbearable
unloveable
insufferable
irritating
hawkish
warmongering
evil
ungentlemanly
militaristic
flip
looking for trouble
have it in for
ardent
on the outs
at loggerheads
easily frightened
blue
wounded
neurotic
easily agitated
kittle
high-strung
mopy
skittish
ungallant
antagonized
US
nagging
unchivalrous
vulgar
hacked
very angry
maleficent
baleful
coarse
jingoistic
in a rage
off the air
dogged
perturbed
all steamed up
overcome with anger
burned up
bummed out
at end of one's rope
bugged
boiling mad
hot and bothered
antagonised
UK
scandalized
US
shocked
pushed too far
rousted
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
blown a gasket
scandalised
UK
roused
in a filthy temper
buffaloed
ignorant
psyched up
angerful
cold
convulsed
black
malefic
scolding
criticizing
US
clodhopping
rustic
lowbred
unneighborly
sabre-rattling
battleful
execrable
unfair
ruthless
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
unsportsmanlike
dishonourable
UK
despiteful
dishonorable
US
despicable
detestable
low
low-minded
paltry
low-down
negativistic
backbiting
vixenish
cattish
criticising
UK
passive-aggressive
pointed
brief
brusk
undiplomatic
cavalier
brisk
breviloquent
thoughtless
graceless
direct
short-spoken
matter-of-fact
to the point
distant
strict
ungentle
savage
fell
stiff
sinister
stark
boot-faced
resolute
gray
US
grey
UK
bleak
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Adjective
▲
Very loud or having a high volume
plangent
loud
sonorous
resounding
reverberating
ringing
mournful
resonant
clangorous
reverberant
blaring
blasting
booming
clamorous
deafening
earsplitting
golden
melancholy
orotund
piercing
reverberative
roaring
rotund
round
slam-bang
stentorian
thundering
thunderous
vibrant
deep-toned
beating
consonant
deep
echoing
electrifying
enhanced
full
heightened
intensified
mellow
noisy
powerful
profound
pulsating
pulsing
rich
sonorant
strident
thrilling
throbbing
carrying
canorous
strong
ear-splitting
ear-piercing
clear
full-bodied
very loud
tumultuous
cacophonous
raucous
rowdy
full-toned
rumbling
uproarious
fruity
vociferous
stentorious
intense
pear-shaped
lusty
loud-voiced
rambunctious
boisterous
obstreperous
ear-popping
mellifluous
sounding
low
rounded
rackety
baritone
crashing
clattery
melodious
reverberatory
dinning
head-splitting
overpowering
harsh
screaming
forte
full-voiced
riotous
robust
clearly audible
ear-shattering
turned up
forceful
full-throated
fortissimo
trumpeting
clattering
rolling
thundery
bass
magniloquent
grandiloquent
resonating
basso
pompous
imposing
shrill
bellowing
penetrating
disorderly
vibrating
shrieking
strepitous
throaty
harmonious
lively
oscillating
palpitating
plummy
aquiver
big
fulminating
heavy
blatant
turbulent
blustering
vehement
pealing
full-mouthed
emphatic
high-sounding
almighty
mighty
tremendous
overwhelming
wakes the dead
extremely noisy
at full volume
low-pitched
low-toned
dull
muffled
muted
distinct
brassy
sharp
grave
roisterous
hollow
shouting
low-voiced
dead
cavernous
bell-like
discordant
brash
flat
alto
chattering
insistent
raspy
wild
toneless
importunate
vocal
demanding
contralto
sepulchral
talkative
raising Cain
clamorsome
raising the roof
unrestrained
bawling
unruly
rollicking
mute
unwavering
clarion
audible
rip-roaring
ghostly
rumbustious
tempestuous
gleeful
robustious
unquiet
confused
as clear as a bell
jangling
dissonant
jarring
jangly
tinny
grating
plinky
jingling
jingly
metallic
clanging
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or arousing feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way
sentimental
soppy
mushy
mawkish
corny
sloppy
schmaltzy
cloying
drippy
maudlin
saccharine
slushy
sugary
sappy
gooey
soupy
cheesy
novelettish
emotional
cutesy
syrupy
sickly
sugarcoated
weepy
spooney
spoony
fruity
sticky
icky
twee
romantic
treacly
cornball
overemotional
wet
touching
gushing
hokey
sloshy
effusive
gushy
tearful
nostalgic
lachrymose
soapy
sweet
jejune
pathetic
moving
inane
demonstrative
poignant
tender
dreamy
simpering
affected
idealistic
overacted
impressionable
passionate
softhearted
tragic
insipid
vapid
languishing
moonstruck
depressing
melancholy
sad
silly
dismal
rosewater
visionary
lovey-dovey
over-sentimental
tear-jerking
sick-making
chocolate-box
toe-curling
heart-rending
hearts-and-flowers
sugar-coated
dewy-eyed
three-hanky
Mills-and-Boon
soft-hearted
three-hankie
bathetic
nauseating
sickening
trite
sobby
banal
sickly-sweet
oversweet
oversentimental
honeyed
soft
tacky
sickly sweet
kitschy
cute
affectionate
loving
impassioned
unreserved
enthusiastic
melodramatic
unrestrained
teary
rhapsodic
OTT
over the top
lyrical
stirring
affecting
emotive
self-pitying
heart-warming
fatuous
fulsome
heartbreaking
soul-stirring
haunting
dramatic
romanticised
UK
romanticized
US
excessive
hacky
unctuous
adulatory
harrowing
oleaginous
extravagant
hagiographical
hagiographic
bromidic
lavish
oily
impactful
poetic
exuberant
kitsch
cornpone
schlocky
choking
campy
expansive
ingratiating
candied
ebullient
feeble
misty-eyed
goo-goo
expressive
dime-store
over-effusive
hyped up
corn-fed
over-emotional
warmed-over
over-enthusiastic
laid on with a trowel
disgusting
precious
over-the-top
cloyingly sweet
too much
histrionic
pretty
picturesque
attractive
pretty-pretty
soft-focus
namby-pamby
blubbery
voluble
powerful
uplifting
impressive
overdone
uninhibited
ecstatic
overenthusiastic
rapturous
inspired
euphoric
sensitive
touchy-feely
carried away
deeply felt
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
dissatisfied
discontented
disgruntled
displeased
irritated
annoyed
disappointed
exasperated
irked
unhappy
vexed
malcontent
resentful
aggrieved
angry
discontent
unsatisfied
frustrated
disaffected
bothered
ungratified
complaining
malcontented
sullen
crabby
grumpy
restless
unfulfilled
griping
grumbling
jaundiced
kvetching
disquieted
fretful
sulky
restive
envious
unsated
querulous
critical
picky
angered
disapproving
regretful
begrudging
ennuied
faultfinding
fretting
grudging
insatiable
jealous
offended
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
unappeased
unassuaged
fed up
cheesed off
browned off
brassed off
out of joint
fed-up
not satisfied
put-out
not best pleased
peeved
piqued
upset
miffed
put out
sore
cross
riled
narked
indignant
aggravated
irate
huffy
nettled
testy
disturbed
eggy
hacked off
teed off
grouchy
distressed
hurt
choleric
embittered
furious
enraged
mad
incensed
ticked off
peed off
perturbed
disheartened
sour
discouraged
irritable
in high dudgeon
in a huff
provoked
inflamed
petulant
bitter
miserable
tooshie
peevish
afflicted
steamed
acrimonious
churlish
grousing
crabbed
miffy
infuriated
disillusioned
ill-humored
US
wrathful
fuming
ireful
affronted
ill-humoured
UK
depressed
cranky
shirty
cynical
troubled
chagrined
surly
bellyaching
carping
acrid
in a temper
fault-finding
galled
hot under the collar
agitated
moaning
flustered
sick
wounded
harried
ruffled
impatient
disenchanted
rancorous
harassed
snuffy
wroth
blasé
saddened
touchy
choked
whining
cantankerous
irascible
fractious
prickly
captious
ratty
hoha
spiteful
pettish
tetchy
waspish
morose
snappy
disagreeable
splenetic
pained
chippy
crotchety
peppery
crusty
glum
snappish
curmudgeonly
sick and tired
narky
edgy
whingeing
soreheaded
liverish
let down
fussy
snaky
ill-disposed
bearish
out of temper
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
hot-tempered
in a bad mood
like a bear with a sore head
bored
livid
outraged
quibbling
rankled
apoplectic
ballistic
weary
ticked
scunnered
rabid
jaded
roiled
indifferent
foaming
hot
enflamed
infuriate
steaming
riley
wearied
censorious
disgusted
hopping
tired
vex
maddened
nitpicking
crestfallen
blue
moody
hypercritical
unpleased
worried
huffish
tormented
bilious
dyspeptic
whingy
uptight
fiery
scratchy
cavilling
UK
hateful
hard
fretted
peckish
down
difficult
whiny
sorehead
perverse
ornery
truculent
waspy
with a chip on your shoulder
snarky
stroppy
steamed up
caviling
US
horn-mad
gloomy
hard done by
hard to please
snippy
snippety
waxy
stuffy
thin-skinned
on edge
having got out of bed on the wrong side
short-tempered
out of sorts
as cross as two sticks
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
raspy
short-fused
unforgiving
revengeful
defeated
insulted
factious
dissentious
butthurt
vitriolic
anguished
woeful
grieving
disapproving of
owly
beefing
boiling
satiated
estranged
vehement
sardonic
irreconcilable
caustic
carrying a chip on your shoulder
up the wall
hung up
sick to death
surfeited
fed up to the teeth
heated
sated
dismal
fed up to the back teeth
bugged
with chip on shoulder
grudge-bearing
p.o.'d
scornful
belly-aching
undeceived
hopping mad
apathetic
going crook
up to here
bent out of shape
up in arms
seeing red
off the air
in a pet
burned up
in a fume
fit to be tied
blue in the face
soured
disabused
disenthralled
disentranced
knowing
stung
grieved
annoying
tense
temperamental
wrath
sensitive
feisty
bristly
curt
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
out of love
set straight
sick of
overcritical
shrewish
brusque
misanthropic
hotheaded
pouty
oversensitive
obstinate
quarrelsome
contentious
harsh
pertinacious
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
uncooperative
snarling
contrary
crybaby
ungracious
niggling
grouching
criticizing
US
nagging
iracund
tough
brooding
iracundulous
pouting
disputatious
mean
scathing
disparaging
bleating
deprecatory
trying
dour
mardy
nasty-tempered
out of humour
acid
out of humor
mumpish
growling
tart
sharp
nasty
in a mood
saturnine
passionate
blunt
cussed
cross-grained
awkward
malicious
venomous
vinegary
short
childish
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
ugly
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
obstreperous
chuffy
easily offended
foaming at the mouth
out of countenance
pedantic
reproachful
slighting
condemnatory
nit-picking
bad tempered
downcast
hair-splitting
judgmental
pass-remarkable
judgemental
rejective
despondent
downhearted
bored by
disconsolate
disconcerted
surfeited by
weary of
distressed by
glutted by
surfeited with
jaded with
jaded by
satiated by
mithering
chuntering
nit-picky
dismayed
dispirited
discomfited
glutted with
forlorn
dejected
melancholy
sad
murmuring
criticising
UK
difficult to please
impossible to please
hopeless
aghast
beaten
gutted
cheerless
have had enough
worsted
vanquished
chapfallen
cast down
baulked
UK
objecting
dolorous
balked
US
cut up
have had a basinful of
have had it up to here with
have had something up to here
grumbly
salty
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
negative
crying
deploring
scrappy
lamenting
low-spirited
taken down
shot down
down in the dumps
as sick as a parrot
huffy irascible
antagonized
US
low
melancholic
sorrowful
doleful
joyless
inconsolable
seething
ropeable
dirty
unglued
chafed
worked up
beside oneself
gnashing one's teeth
antagonised
UK
in a frenzy
in a lather
bad
on the warpath
at daggers drawn
unfriendly
sharp-tongued
unimpressed
wry
wicked
uncongenial
ungenerous
slighted
dishonored
US
humiliated
unconvinced
hostile
crook
cray-cray
aerated
catty
unmet
failed
umbrageous
dishonoured
UK
unsatisfiable
abrupt
scolding
litigious
snide
contemptuous
disdainful
have had it up to here
glutted
have had a basinful
aggressive
backbiting
cattish
objectionable
humourless
UK
terse
unpleasant
humorless
US
bellicose
rude
vixenish
impetuous
boorish
unsmiling
uncivil
having short fuse
hot under collar
moping
mopey
unindulgent
ill-mannered
scowling
impolite
discourteous
unhelpful
world-weary
mournful
heartbroken
world-worn
woebegone
despairing
depressive
droopy
sombre
UK
sorry
tortured
heavyhearted
heartsick
suffering
hangdog
heartsore
solemn
brokenhearted
somber
US
luckless
dull
strained
hurting
destroyed
racked
agonised
UK
ruthful
agonized
US
ailing
bowed down
in pain
down in the mouth
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
on a downer
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