" plangent "

1: expressing or suggesting mourning;

  * e.g., " ... a plangent, haunting song about a long-ago love "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aching,

•  agonized,

•  anguished,

•  bemoaning,

•  bewailing,

•  bitter,

•  deploring,

•  doleful,

•  dolesome,

•  dolorous,

•  funeral,

•  grieving,

•  heartbroken,

•  lamentable,

•  lugubrious,

•  mournful,

•  plaintive,

•  regretful,

•  rueful,

•  sorrowful,

•  sorry,

•  wailing,

•  weeping,

•  woeful

•  Antonyms : 

•  gentle,

•  low,

•  soft

2: marked by a high volume of sound;

  * e.g., " ... plangent organ music filled the church "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blaring,

•  blasting,

•  booming,

•  clamorous,

•  clangorous,

•  deafening,

•  earsplitting,

•  loud,

•  piercing,

•  resounding,

•  ringing,

•  roaring,

•  slam-bang,

•  sonorous,

•  stentorian,

•  thundering,

•  thunderous

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones;

  * e.g., " ... the strong, plangent tones of a Louis Armstrong trumpet solo "

•  Synonyms : 

•  golden,

•  orotund,

•  resonant,

•  resounding,

•  reverberant,

•  reverberating,

•  reverberative,

•  ringing,

•  rotund,

•  round,

•  sonorous,

•  vibrant

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)