'Plangent' definitions:
Definition of 'plangent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"
Definition of 'Plangent'
From: GCIDE
- Plangent \Plan"gent\, a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See Plaint.] Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] "The plangent wave." --H. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Plani
Synonyms of 'plangent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrieved,
- anguished,
- booming,
- careworn,
- complaining,
- consonant,
- deafening,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- dumb with grief,
- ear-piercing,
- ear-rending,
- ear-splitting,
- earthshaking,
- faultfinding,
- forte,
- fortissimo,
- fretful,
- full,
- grief-stricken,
- griefful,
- grieved,
- grievous,
- howling,
- in grief,
- Jeremianic,
- lamentable,
- lamentive,
- loud,
- loud-sounding,
- loudish,
- 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