plangent Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- bleak
- woeful
- regretful
- crying
- lamentable
- elegiac
- tearful
- rueful
- grieving
- anguished
- funereal
- dolorous
- dark
- somber
- doleful
- depressed
- melancholy
- morbid
- lugubrious
- sorry
- sad
- aching
- agonized
- unhappy
- sorrowful
Weak:
- moaning
- despondent
- keening
- dirgelike
- dismal
- bemoaning
- groaning
- bawling
- low-spirited
- disconsolate
- pathetic
- cheerless
- triste
- joyless
- sombre
- pessimistic
- dolesome
- brokenhearted
- comfortless
- careworn
- piteous
- sullen
- dreary
- morose
- crestfallen
- black
- desolate
- heartsick
- woebegone
- heartsore
- howling
- deploring
- darkening
- suffering
- glum
- moody
- downhearted
- low
- saturnine
- wretched
- dispirited
- gloomy
- miserable
- downcast
- bleeding
- forlorn
- inconsolable
- grey
- elegiacal
- bewailing
- dejected
- gray
Strongest:
- cheerful
- cheerful
- delighted
- cheery
- bright
- happy
- smiling
- triumphant
- joyful
- happy
- cheery
- smiling
- bright
- delighted
- triumphant
- joyful
Strong:
- exulting
- blithe
- merry
- rhapsodic
- hopeful
- rapturous
- rejoicing
- lighthearted
- buoyant
- mirthful
- rhapsodic
- jolly
- rejoicing
- mirthful
- optimistic
- joyous
- optimistic
- jolly
- buoyant
- exulting
- hopeful
- merry
- rapturous
- blissful
- laughing
- lighthearted
- encouraging
- blithe
- blissful
- laughing
- encouraging
- joyous
- glorying
- glorying
Weak:
plangent Meaning
plangent (s)
loud and resounding
plangent (a.)
Beating; dashing, as a wave.
plangent Sentence Examples
- The plangent strains of the violin reverberated through the concert hall, evoking a sense of profound longing.
- The mournful cry of the mourning dove filled the air with a plangent call.
- The plangent sound of a lone bell tolled through the desolate wasteland.
- The wind howled through the trees, creating a plangent symphony of sorrow.
- The child's voice carried a plangent yearning that tugged at the heartstrings.
- The waves crashed against the shore with a plangent roar that seemed to carry the weight of ages.
- The plangent melody of the Celtic folk song filled the air with an ethereal melancholy.
- The plangent tones of the Gregorian chant resonated deeply within the ancient cathedral.
- The plangent wail of a starving animal pierced the night, a desperate plea for sustenance.
- The plangent sound of the harmonica filled the streets, evoking bittersweet memories of days gone by.
FAQs About the word plangent
loud and resoundingBeating; dashing, as a wave.
wailing, weeping, heartbroken, bitter,mournful, funeral, plaintive, bleak, woeful, regretful
cheerful, cheerful, delighted, cheery, bright, happy, smiling, triumphant, joyful, happy
The plangent strains of the violin reverberated through the concert hall, evoking a sense of profound longing.
The mournful cry of the mourning dove filled the air with a plangent call.
The plangent sound of a lone bell tolled through the desolate wasteland.
The wind howled through the trees, creating a plangent symphony of sorrow.