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Definition of plangent adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

plangent

adjective

NAmE//ˈplændʒənt//

1(formal) (of sounds) loud, with a strong beat

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2(literary) (of sounds or images) expressing sadness synonym plaintive the plangent sound of the harpsichord

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