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adjective 1. (Of a sound) Loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "The orchestra played a hauntingly plangent song for the finale."
Play Button "The gong provided a plangent accompaniment to the meditation session."
Play Button "The music producer chose plangent instrumentation for the somber scenes."
Latin, mid-17th century
Why This Word?
The Latin "plangere" means "to strike, beat," which evolved into the English adjective "plangent." It describes a reverberating sound with a melancholy tone. ...
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