Songwriting rhymes for plaintive
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Perfect rhymes for plaintive
- complain of
- airplane of
- alain of
- ane of
- arcane of
- ascertain of
- attain of
- bahrain of
- bain of
- bane of
- bayne of
- biplane of
- blaine of
- brain of
- brane of
- brisbane of
- cain of
- campaign of
- cane of
- cellophane of
- chain of
- champagne of
- champaign of
- champlain of
- charlemagne of
- cheyne of
- cocaine of
- complaint of
- constraint of
- contain of
- crane of
- dana of
- dane of
- disdain of
- domain of
- domaine of
- drain of
- duane of
- elaine of
- entertain of
- explain of
- fain of
- faint of
- fane of
- feign of
- feint of
- floodplain of
- fontaine of
- forebrain of
- fountaine of
- gain of
- germain of
- grain of
- hayne of
- humane of
- hurricane of
- hussain of
- hussein of
- inane of
- insane of
Near rhymes for plaintive
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- waiting
- baby
- making
- saying
- it
- taking
- playing
- it's
- breaking
- maybe
- is
- been
- with
- this
- give
- if
- crazy
- wasting
- waking
- wasted
- chasing
- changing
- will
- waited
- getting
- still
- lately
- shaking
- think
- shit
- thing
- staying
- laying
- praying
- fading
- did
- painted
- hit
- things
- amazing
- saving
- craving
- til
- wish
- lady
- kiss
- his
- aching
- sing
- him
- bit
- miss
- skin
- burning
- racing
- since
- until
- bring
- hating
- even
- telling
- raining
- sit
- big
- its
- turning
- bitch
- sailing
- drink
- pick
- sayin'
- fit
- till
- sick
- fear
- running
- paying
- favorite
- win
- letting
- kill
- forgive
- clear
- staring
- lazy
- wanted
- searching
- admit
- anything
- working
- begin
- ladies
- quit
- lives
- begging
- fill
- failing
- trading
- blazing
- ring
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