Synonyms of plangent

plangent

adjective

1

as in mournful

expressing or suggesting mourning

a plangent, haunting song about a long-ago love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mournful
• weeping
• funeral
• heartbroken
• bitter
• wailing
• plaintive
• grieving
• melancholy
• anguished
• doleful
• dolorous
• lugubrious
• sorrowful
• aching
• sad
• tearful
• rueful
• lamentable
• agonized
• regretful
• somber
• sorry
• unhappy
• woeful
• funereal
• crying
• depressed
• elegiac
• bleak
• morbid
• dark
• bewailing
• deploring
• keening
• dolesome
• bemoaning
• pathetic
• moody
• disconsolate
• downcast
• woebegone
• darkening
• careworn
• despondent
• dejected
• forlorn
• dispirited
• inconsolable
• heartsick
• miserable
• desolate
• glum
• gloomy
• sombre
• crestfallen
• piteous
• groaning
• bleeding
• morose
• moaning
• elegiacal
• grey
• gray
• howling
• black
• sullen
• brokenhearted
• saturnine
• dirgelike
• downhearted
• cheerless
• low
• heartsore
• pessimistic
• suffering
• low-spirited
• wretched
• joyless
• dismal
• triste
• dreary
• comfortless
• bawling
• yammering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• triumphant
• joyful
• happy
• cheerful
• bright
• cheery
• delighted
• smiling
• joyous
• buoyant
• laughing
• merry
• blithe
• jolly
• blissful
• exulting
• mirthful
• rejoicing
• optimistic
• lighthearted
• hopeful
• glorying
• encouraging
• rapturous
• rhapsodic
• heady
• cheering
• euphoric
• ecstatic
• blithesome
• jocund
• giddy
• rhapsodical
• exhilarated
• elated

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• triumphant
• joyful
• happy
• cheerful
• bright
• cheery
• delighted
• smiling
• joyous
• buoyant
• laughing
• merry
• blithe
• jolly
• blissful
• exulting
• mirthful
• rejoicing
• optimistic
• lighthearted
• hopeful
• glorying
• encouraging
• rapturous
• rhapsodic
• heady
• cheering
• euphoric
• ecstatic
• blithesome
• jocund
• giddy
• rhapsodical
• exhilarated
• elated

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2

as in loud

marked by a high volume of sound

plangent organ music filled the church

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loud
• deafening
• ringing
• shrill
• sonorous
• thunderous
• stentorian
• roaring
• thundering
• piercing
• clamorous
• clangorous
• booming
• earsplitting
• noisy
• blaring
• resounding
• blasting
• raucous
• vociferous
• brazen
• slam-bang
• strident
• discordant
• obstreperous
• harsh
• rip-roaring
• grating
• overloud
• squealing
• sharp
• dinning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gentle
• soft
• low
• silent
• quiet
• dead
• still
• serene
• dreamy
• soothing
• calm
• tranquil
• peaceful
• restful
• muffled
• muted
• hushed
• stilly
• ultraquiet
• softened
• toned (down)

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• gentle
• soft
• low
• silent
• quiet
• dead
• still
• serene
• dreamy
• soothing
• calm
• tranquil
• peaceful
• restful
• muffled
• muted
• hushed
• stilly
• ultraquiet
• softened
• toned (down)

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3

as in ringing

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

the strong, plangent tones of a Louis Armstrong trumpet solo

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ringing
• round
• resonant
• vibrant
• sonorous
• reverberant
• loud
• mellow
• powerful
• rotund
• deep
• golden
• reverberating
• orotund
• resounding
• mellifluous
• rich
• reverberative
• stentorian
• thunderous
• plummy
• mellifluent
• full
• thundering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• cavernous
• soft
• low
• faint
• weak
• muted
• thin
• murmurous
• smothered
• tinny

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• hollow
• cavernous
• soft
• low
• faint
• weak
• muted
• thin
• murmurous
• smothered
• tinny

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