[S]how him a refined or powerful face, let him hear a plangent or a penetrating voice […] and his mind was instantaneously awakened.
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Plangent
/ˈplænd͡ʒənt/
Synonyms for "plangent" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
aggrievedanguishedboomingcareworncomplainingconsonantdeafeningdolefuldolorousdumb with griefear piercingear splittingear-piercingear-rendingear-splittingearthshaking
Strong matches (27)
Adjective(3 words)
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8 entriesbooming timbredeep tonedrone tonegrim moodmelancholy ambiencepoignant atmosphereresonant notesonority
Collocations
6 entriesplangent bellsplangent cryplangent melodyplangent noteplangent sighplangent tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore plangentmost plangent
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1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Since mid-day their plangent, disquieting cries had foretold its approach.
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[…] who then marched together into eternal glory in plangent ceremonies.
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In the lament about the massacre — the work’s second movement — he entered a more urgent register in the high reaches of the cello, but the sense of grief was more plangent than raw, devoid of any real outrage.
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