Meaning of PLANGENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'planjunt
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[adj] loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority" |
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PLANGENT is a 8 letter word that starts with P. |
| | 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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