Definition of plangent in English:

plangent

adjective ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)ntˈplændʒənt

literary

(of a sound) loud and resonant, with a mournful tone.
the plangent sound of a harpsichord
Example sentencesExamples
- As the guitar's tone is intrinsically less plangent than the oboe's, the character of the music is greatly altered in this work too.
- The blend of music theatrical ebullience, popular styles, and evocative, plangent tone pictures about the legendary 4th century saint evinces much of the best of his early style.
- He creates a tone that is, appropriately, melancholy and plangent; at times quite painfully beautiful.
- He has a rather different sort of voice, just as well-schooled but with a juicier, more plangent tone that he uses to achieve the expressive effects and vocal colors that make his style so arresting.
- In outline, his play sounds like plangent melodrama.
Synonyms
melancholy, mournful, plaintive
sonorous, reverberant, reverberating, resonant, loud

Derivatives

plangency

noun ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)nsiˈplændʒ(ə)nsi

literary

The deep breaths exhaled by his broad lines, his declarative sentences and their assertive plangency, his deliberate tactlessness and brave humor, redirect the reader to a history of poetic Yanks: Whitman, Williams.
Example sentencesExamples
- She had a slight catch, a touch of sympathy-arousing plangency, in her voice, and a vulnerable presence that cried out for protection; Birdsong sounds like a typical lounge singer, and comes across as a bit of a bruiser to boot.
- Her subjects may revolve around love, loss, and guilt but poignancy rarely tips over into plangency.
- Theatricality rather than reality is the keynote of his production, a point symbolised by the constant background music of Latenas Faustas, which varies from fairground jauntiness to pianistic plangency.
- His Orestes is a confused, grandstanding jock, intoning his lines with stentorian plangency.

plangently

adverb

literary

He was lecturing American editors the other day and observing plangently that ‘we're more trusted by the people who aren't reading us'.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘I'm a great disappointment to tabloid journalists,’ he says plangently.
- A plangently beautiful, one-off version of Annensky called ‘Black Spring’ merits quoting in full, but I will give just five lines of it.
- In London, in 1951, a little girl skips past an undertaker's hearse in the fog, and you know that the whole of her life is being plangently prefigured.
- She was plangently moving in her slower music, but in her faster passagework she gave the music a wonderful shape and direction.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin plangent- 'lamenting', from the verb plangere.

plaintive from Late Middle English:
Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century).

Rhymes

cotangent, tangent

Definition of plangent in US English:

plangent

adjectiveˈplændʒəntˈplanjənt

literary

(of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.
the plangent sound of a harpsichord
Example sentencesExamples
- He creates a tone that is, appropriately, melancholy and plangent; at times quite painfully beautiful.
- He has a rather different sort of voice, just as well-schooled but with a juicier, more plangent tone that he uses to achieve the expressive effects and vocal colors that make his style so arresting.
- As the guitar's tone is intrinsically less plangent than the oboe's, the character of the music is greatly altered in this work too.
- In outline, his play sounds like plangent melodrama.
- The blend of music theatrical ebullience, popular styles, and evocative, plangent tone pictures about the legendary 4th century saint evinces much of the best of his early style.
Synonyms
melancholy, mournful, plaintive

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin plangent- ‘lamenting’, from the verb plangere.

单词	plangent
释义	Definition of plangent in English: plangent adjective ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)ntˈplændʒənt literary (of a sound) loud and resonant, with a mournful tone. the plangent sound of a harpsichord Example sentencesExamples As the guitar's tone is intrinsically less plangent than the oboe's, the character of the music is greatly altered in this work too. The blend of music theatrical ebullience, popular styles, and evocative, plangent tone pictures about the legendary 4th century saint evinces much of the best of his early style. He creates a tone that is, appropriately, melancholy and plangent; at times quite painfully beautiful. He has a rather different sort of voice, just as well-schooled but with a juicier, more plangent tone that he uses to achieve the expressive effects and vocal colors that make his style so arresting. In outline, his play sounds like plangent melodrama. Synonyms melancholy, mournful, plaintive sonorous, reverberant, reverberating, resonant, loud Derivatives plangency noun ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)nsiˈplændʒ(ə)nsi literary The deep breaths exhaled by his broad lines, his declarative sentences and their assertive plangency, his deliberate tactlessness and brave humor, redirect the reader to a history of poetic Yanks: Whitman, Williams. Example sentencesExamples She had a slight catch, a touch of sympathy-arousing plangency, in her voice, and a vulnerable presence that cried out for protection; Birdsong sounds like a typical lounge singer, and comes across as a bit of a bruiser to boot. Her subjects may revolve around love, loss, and guilt but poignancy rarely tips over into plangency. Theatricality rather than reality is the keynote of his production, a point symbolised by the constant background music of Latenas Faustas, which varies from fairground jauntiness to pianistic plangency. His Orestes is a confused, grandstanding jock, intoning his lines with stentorian plangency. plangently adverb literary He was lecturing American editors the other day and observing plangently that ‘we're more trusted by the people who aren't reading us'. Example sentencesExamples ‘I'm a great disappointment to tabloid journalists,’ he says plangently. A plangently beautiful, one-off version of Annensky called ‘Black Spring’ merits quoting in full, but I will give just five lines of it. In London, in 1951, a little girl skips past an undertaker's hearse in the fog, and you know that the whole of her life is being plangently prefigured. She was plangently moving in her slower music, but in her faster passagework she gave the music a wonderful shape and direction. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin plangent- 'lamenting', from the verb plangere. plaintive from Late Middle English: Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century). Rhymes cotangent, tangent Definition of plangent in US English: plangent adjectiveˈplændʒəntˈplanjənt literary (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy. the plangent sound of a harpsichord Example sentencesExamples He creates a tone that is, appropriately, melancholy and plangent; at times quite painfully beautiful. He has a rather different sort of voice, just as well-schooled but with a juicier, more plangent tone that he uses to achieve the expressive effects and vocal colors that make his style so arresting. As the guitar's tone is intrinsically less plangent than the oboe's, the character of the music is greatly altered in this work too. In outline, his play sounds like plangent melodrama. The blend of music theatrical ebullience, popular styles, and evocative, plangent tone pictures about the legendary 4th century saint evinces much of the best of his early style. Synonyms melancholy, mournful, plaintive Origin Early 19th century: from Latin plangent- ‘lamenting’, from the verb plangere.
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