Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase plaintive cry.
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Reverse dictionary results:
1. lament
2. whimper
3. moan
4. howl
5. whine
6. bemoan
7. clamper
8. complain
9. complaining
10. complaint
11. crib
12. crying game
13. gripe
14. kvetch
15. kvetching
16. plain
17. rant
18. sob
19. weep
20. whingeing
21. beef
22. bind
23. chuntering
24. crybaby
25. crying
26. decrial
27. flite
28. frine
29. grumble
30. grumbling
31. gruntle
32. holler
33. hullabaloo
34. ick
35. kvetcher
36. latrant
37. mitch
38. moany
39. nark

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