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plangent

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plan·gent  (plnjnt)
adj.
1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells.
2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" (Malcolm Lowry).
[Latin plangns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plk-2 in Indo-European roots.]
plangen·cy n.
plangent·ly adv.
plangent [ˈplændʒənt]
adj
1. having a loud deep sound
2. resonant and mournful in sound
[from Latin plangere to beat (esp the breast, in grief); see plain2]
plangency  n
plangently  adv
plangent - Describes the sound of the sea and its waves—reverberating and mournfully resonant.
See also related terms for waves.
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Adj.1.plangent - loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"
full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
plangent
adjective resonant, ringing, loud, resounding, reverberating, mournful, plaintive, sonorous, deep-toned, clangorous plangent Celtic music
Translations
plangent [ˈplændʒənt] ADJ → plañidero
plangent
adj (liter) → getragen, klagend
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He despised small game and insignificant personalities, whether in the shape of dukes or bagmen, letting them go by like sea-weed; but show him a refined or powerful face, let him hear a plangent or a penetrating voice, fish for him with a living look in some one's eye, a passionate gesture, a meaning and ambiguous smile, and his mind was instantaneously awakened.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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