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Plangency

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Noun

1. plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy

having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plangency

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adjective
1. 
having a loud deep sound
2. 
resonant and mournful in sound

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Plangency

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adjective
1. 
beating with a loud or deep sound, as breaking waves, etc.
2. 
loud or resonant, and, often, mournful-sounding

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plangency

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adj.
1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells.
2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" (Malcolm Lowry).

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