plangent
resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
Origin of plangent
1Other words from plangent
- plan·gen·cy, noun
- plan·gent·ly, adverb
Words Nearby plangent
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How to use plangent in a sentence
It seemed as large as the shell of a cathedral, and for organ there was the plangent, echoing sound of sea waves.
The Air Pirate | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger GullThe plangent roar of the city was painful to his ears, which had always been attuned to the deep silences of forest and lake.
Lad: A Dog | Albert Payson TerhuneBut I am not plangent—one must take the thick with the thin—and I have such possibilities of another and better sort before me.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I) | Henry JamesThe plangent power and deep earnestness of the words were even more applicable now than then.
When It Was Dark | Guy ThorneFrom his stivy cellar he issues forth into the plashing, plangent currents of city life.
The Book of Khalid | Ameen Rihani
British Dictionary definitions for plangent
/ (ˈplændʒənt) /
having a loud deep sound
resonant and mournful in sound
Origin of plangent
1Derived forms of plangent
- plangency, noun
- plangently, adverb
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