plummy

Definition of plummynext

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Recent Examples of plummy At one point, Melanie Field, who plays Sonya, mocks the plummy British sound of Bonneville’s Vanya. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025 Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same. Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024 The land surrounding the estate, once a rich source of Piedmont’s dry Barbaresco and plummy Barbera wines, could be planted with enough new vines to produce around 100,000 bottles a year. Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 Your summer beauty plans may include a cult-classic lip color, a sultry plummy eye, or a golden-peach pop of color on the cheeks. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for plummy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummy
Adjective
  • Osgood wrote two-minute reports in succinct prose delivered in his mellifluous tones.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • Listeners who’d never stolen away to a soft-serve stand under the guise of an innocent meetup responded to the song’s mellifluous reading of coming-of-age courtship and simpler-days nostalgia.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Visitors to New Castle, Delaware, are greeted by cobblestone streets, alleys, dense urbanism and rich history.
    Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Maryland’s identity is intertwined with the luminous blue crab, which builds up fat reserves in the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay during winter hibernation, giving it a bold, rich flavor.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • There’s no place like home on Kurt Vile’s new album, a mellow but poignant consideration of the tension between life as a working musician and a family man.
    Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
  • The overall impact of the mellow lighting, the color scheme, the organic design, and natural materials is tremendously soothing.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • The pacing is erratic and the sonorous voice-over narration doesn’t help either.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • Metals are particularly sonorous, as anyone who has been around toddlers (and pots and pans) can testify.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • Zendaya and Domingo do great, resonant work, but even their empathetic portraits of suffering people can’t make this strange coda cohere.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • The track, which is the resonant chime of the Sacred Bell of Great King Seongdeok, blends with the room's spatial stillness and imagery, setting the experience in motion.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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“Plummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummy. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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