plangent
Other forms: plangently
Any sound described as plangent echoes in a loud and often mournful way. There may be certain sad songs with plangent choruses that make you cry every time you hear them.
The haunting peal of a church bell is plangent, and a poet's plangent, resonant tones when she reads her latest work might send chills down your spine. The adjective plangent isn't one you hear very often (it appears most frequently in a literary context), but it's good for capturing a specific sound that evokes an emotional response. Plangent originally meant "beating with a loud sound," from the Latin plangere, "to strike or beat."
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loud and resounding
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In the thirteenth century, travelers at an inn tell tales about the adventures of three children attempting to escape religious persecution.
In this fantasy novel, Tristran Thorn ventures into the land of Faerie to find a fallen star for his beloved.