What is another word for plangency?

Pronunciation: [plˈand͡ʒənsi] (IPA)

Plangency refers to a loud and resonant sound, especially one that is mournful or plaintive in nature. Synonyms for plangency might include terms like mournfulness, wailing, lamentation, keening, or plaintiveness. These words all suggest a deep sense of sorrow or sadness, often accompanied by a powerful and resonant sound. Other synonyms for plangency might include words like sonorousness, resonance, or reverberation, which suggest a rich and full-bodied sound that is capable of echoing or lingering in the air long after it is first heard. Whether you are writing about music, poetry, or storytelling, these synonyms for plangency can help you to capture the emotional intensity of a powerful and resonant sound.

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What are the hypernyms for Plangency?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Plangency?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Plangency

Her voice had a pleasant plangency, a quality of more yet to come and as if the wells of her vitality were far from drained.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
She was short of breath, so that her voice palpitated with a touching plangency that shook the man's heart.
"Alice of Old Vincennes"
Maurice Thompson
Elvira, on the other hand, sang her patriotic and romantic songs with more than usual expression; her voice had charm and plangency; and as Leon looked at her, in her low-bodied maroon dress, with her arms bare to the shoulder, and a red flower set provocatively in her corset, he repeated to himself for the many hundredth time that she was one of the loveliest creatures in the world of women.
"New-Arabian-Nights"
Stevenson, Robert Louis

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