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   The meaning of PLANGENT is having a loud reverberating sound. How to use plangent in a sentence. Did you know?

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   PLANGENT definition: 1. (of sounds) deep, low, and expressing sadness: 2. (of sounds) deep, low, and expressing…. Learn more.

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   2 meanings: 1. having a loud deep sound 2. resonant and mournful in sound.... Click for more definitions.

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   Any sound described as plangent echoes in a loud and often mournful way. There may be certain sad songs with plangent choruses that make you cry every time you hear them.

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   PLANGENT meaning: 1. (of sounds) deep, low, and expressing sadness: 2. (of sounds) deep, low, and expressing…. Learn more.

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   further revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into plangent, adj. in July 2023.

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   What does plangently mean?

   • Define plangently. plangently synonyms, plangently pronunciation, plangently translation, English dictionary definition of plangently. adj. 1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells. 2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" ....

   Plangently - definition of plangently by The Free Dictionary

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   What is plangent adjective?

   • Definition of plangent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of sounds) loud, deep and sad synonym plaintive The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What does plangency mean?

   • Define plangency. plangency synonyms, plangency pronunciation, plangency translation, English dictionary definition of plangency. adj. 1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells. 2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" ....

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   What is a plangent sound?

   • A plangent sound is a deep, loud sound, which may be sad. ...plangent violins. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

   PLANGENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Where did the word plangent come from?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective plangent is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for plangent is from 1666, in the writing of W. Austin. plangent is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin plangent-, plangēns.

   plangent, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   What is a plangent poem?

   • Plangent adds power to our poetry and prose: the pounding of waves, the beat of wings, the tolling of a bell, the throbbing of the human heart, a lover’s knocking at the door—all have been described as plangent. The word plangent traces back to the Latin verb plangere, which has two meanings.

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   Definition of plangent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.