plangent

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).

[Latin plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament.]

plangency plan'gen·cy n.
plangently plan'gent·ly adv.

adjective

Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound: mellow, orotund, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

having a loud, reverberating sound; having an expressive esp plaintive quality

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: loud and resounding

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rungende, højtlydende

Nederlands (Dutch)
weergalmend, treurig

Français (French)
adj. - mélancolique, retentissant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klangvoll, getragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βουερός

Italiano (Italian)
sonoro, risonante, lamentoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - plangente, vibrante

Русский (Russian)
заунывный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - plañidero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vibrerande, dånande, klagande, gäll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轰鸣的, 凄切的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 轟鳴的, 淒切的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (파도 등이) 밀려와 부딪치는, (종소리 등이) 구슬프게 울리는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 激しく打ち寄せる, 鳴り響く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متلاطم, مرنان, مدو, كئيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רוטט, עצוב, מהדהד (קול)‬

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