plangent

plangent
Synonyms and related words:
Jeremianic, aggrieved, anguished, booming, careworn, complaining, consonant, deafening, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, faultfinding, forte, fortissimo, fretful, full, grief-stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, howling, in grief, lamentable, lamentive, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, lugubrious, mellow, moanful, mournful, orotund, pealing, peevish, petulant, piercing, plaintive, plunged in grief, puling, pulsing, querulous, resonant, resonating, resounding, rich, ringing, rolling, rotund, round, rueful, sonorous, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, tearful, throbbing, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, ululant, vibrant, vibrating, wailful, whimpering, whining, whiny, window-rattling, woeful

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  • Plangent — Plan gent, a. [L. plangens, entis, fr. plangere to beat. See {Plaint}.] Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] The plangent wave. H. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • plangent — (adj.) beating with a loud sound, 1822, from L. plangens (gen. plangentis), prp. of plangere to strike, beat (see PLAGUE (Cf. plague)). Related: Plangently …   Etymology dictionary

  • plangent — ► ADJECTIVE chiefly literary ▪ (of a sound) loud and resonant, with a mournful tone. DERIVATIVES plangency noun plangently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin plangere to lament …   English terms dictionary

  • plangent — [plan′jənt] adj. [L plangens, prp. of plangere, to beat: see PLAINT] 1. beating with a loud or deep sound, as breaking waves, etc. 2. loud or resonant, and, often, mournful sounding plangency [plan′jən sē] n. plangently adv …   English World dictionary

  • plangent — adjective Etymology: Latin plangent , plangens, present participle of plangere to strike, lament more at plaint Date: 1858 1. having a loud reverberating sound < a plangent roar > 2. having an expressive and especially plaintive quality …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plangent — plan|gent [ˈplændʒənt] adj [usually before noun] literary [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of plangere; PLAINT] a plangent sound is loud and deep and sounds sad ▪ the plangent sound of the violin >plangently adv… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plangent — [[t]plæ̱nʤ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED A plangent sound is a deep, loud sound, which may be sad. [LITERARY] ...plangent violins supported by soft chords on viols …   English dictionary

  • plangent — adjective loud and resounding plangent bells the plangent minority • Similar to: ↑full • Derivationally related forms: ↑plangency …   Useful english dictionary

  • plangent — plangency, n. plangently, adv. /plan jeuhnt/, adj. resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell. [1815 25; < L plangent (s. of plangens), prp. of plangere to beat, lament. See PLAIN2, ENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • plangent — adjective having a loud, mournful sound Since mid day their plangent, disquieting cries had foretold its approach. See Also: plangency …   Wiktionary

  • plangent — plan|gent [ plændʒənt ] adjective LITERARY a plangent sound is deep, low, and sad ╾ plan|gent|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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