Meaning of PLANGENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'planjunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority" |
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| | Synonyms: | | full |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Plan"gent\, a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to
beat. See {Plaint}.]
Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] ``The plangent wave.'' --H.
Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggrieved, anguished, booming, careworn, complaining, consonant, deafening, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, faultfinding, forte, fortissimo, fretful, full, griefful, grief-stricken, grieved, grievous, howling, in grief, Jeremianic, lamentable, lamentive, loud, loudish, loud-sounding, lugubrious, mellow, moanful, mournful, orotund, pealing, peevish, petulant, piercing, plaintive, plunged in grief, puling, pulsing, querulous, resonant, resonating, resounding, rich, ringing, rolling, rotund, round, rueful, sonorous, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, tearful, throbbing, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, ululant, vibrant, vibrating, wailful, whimpering, whining, whiny, window-rattling, woeful |
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