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Definition of plangent:
Synonyms:
piercing, mellow, bewailing, deafening, round, full, butting, resonant, dashing, blaring, reverberating, woeful, deep, sonorous, earsplitting, deploring, thunderous, roaring, lamentable, resonant, sorrowful, weeping, hitting, lugubrious, heavy, hollow, slam-bang, rotund, dull, regretful, wailing, plaintive, dolorous, blasting, aching, vibrant, loud, throbbing, heartbroken, bemoaning, doleful, stentorian, anguished, orotund, dolesome, thundering, booming, clangorous, reverberant, bass, smashing, grieving, sorry, pounding, ringing, agonized, buffeting, sounds, low, resounding, funeral, beating, rueful, reverberative, golden, low-pitched, striking, bitter, clamorous.
Usage examples:
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The very breath of the volcano seems to fan your cheek, and the hollow roar has become near and plangent.
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He could hear no words from where he sat, but through all the plangent noises of the storm he could discern anger and command in his father's voice, and a querulous appeal which had a note of rage in it in the voice of his father's companion.