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plangency
plan·gent P0350300 (plăn′jənt)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 plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
plan′gen·cy n.plan′gent·ly adv.plangencythe condition or quality of producing a deep or loud sound. — plangent, adj.See also: SoundThesaurus| Noun | 1. | plangency - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonantreverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonancetimbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
plangency
Synonyms for plangencynoun having the character of a loud deep soundSynonyms- reverberance
- sonority
- sonorousness
- vibrancy
- ringing
- resonance
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