plangent

American  

[plan-juhnt] / ˈplæn dʒənt /

adjective

1. resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.

---

plangent British  

/ ˈplændʒənt /

adjective

1. having a loud deep sound

2. resonant and mournful in sound

---

Other Word Forms

• plangency noun
• plangently adverb

Etymology

Origin of plangent

1815–25; < Latin plangent- (stem of plangēns ), present participle of plangere to beat, lament. See plain ², -ent

Example Sentences

But they are also plangently individual, yearning to harmonize their fates with their true selves.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an era of plangent indie rock, they were the studied, intricate eccentrics.

From New York Times

Adjuah sings in a keening, plangent tone, but at one point he pauses to offer a spoken invitation: “Listen to the wind,” he says.

From New York Times

A clear highlight was “Amelia,” a plangent, airy meditation on freedom and flight.

From New York Times

She shushed her daughters, sloshing in nearby mud, so she could tease out the source of some plangent rumble.

From New York Times