Meaning & use
Plangent
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Having a loud, reverberating sound, typically with a mournful or melancholy quality.
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The plangent toll of the church bell echoed across the valley.
A plangent cello line opened the symphony's slow movement.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'plangere', to lament or beat the breast in grief; almost always used to describe sound.
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