plaintiveness

It will only plead at first to my friends in the still conscious plaintiveness of a young and unhardened beggar.

Mrs. Snows face looked unusually lined and set; in spite of her plaintiveness, her eyes had a harassed glitter.

Another remarkable quality of the song is a union of brilliancy and plaintiveness.

Indeed, his song is very strong for so small a bird, and unites in a remarkable degree brilliancy and plaintiveness.

But a note of plaintiveness crept into his voice: success was boring him, he had no further goals to shoot for.