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plangent Definition

plan·gent (plan′jənt)

adjective

  1. beating with a loud or deep sound, as breaking waves, etc.
  2. loud or resonant, and, often, mournful-sounding

Etymology: L plangens, prp. of plangere, to beat: see plaint

plangent Related Forms
plan′·gency (-jən sē) noun plan′·gently adverb
plangent Synonyms

plangent

modif.

roaring, pounding, thundering, beating, dashing, butting, smashing, striking, throbbing, buffeting, resonant, loud; see also hitting 1.

plangent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tone: He makes particularly striking use of the woodwind choirs, including the plangent tones of the bass clarinet and two cors anglais.
  • score: The Sinfonia's musicians, all in black, stood upstage to play the plangent score.
  • song: Sweet and plangent songs are then heard and pluck at the heart-strings.