keening (Meaning)
keening
sharply contested, intense, seeming to cut or sting, very sensitive (as in seeing or hearing), very enthusiastic or excited about, a mourning for the dead with loud wails, pungent to the sense, having a fine edge or point, having a sharp edge or point, full of enthusiasm, shrewdly astute, a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry, wonderful, excellent, very nice, to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry, affecting one as if by cutting, to lament, mourn, or complain loudly, intellectually alert, showing a quick and ardent responsiveness, to mourn in a loud wailing voice, to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow, eager, having or showing mental sharpness, extremely sensitive in perception, to make a loud and long cry of sorrow
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keening Sentence Examples
- The mournful keening of bagpipes filled the air, a haunting sound that pierced the heart.
- Her keening wailed through the house, a desperate cry that echoed her unbearable pain.
- The wind seemed to join in the keening, howling mournfully around the desolate cottage.
- With a heart-wrenching keening, she fell to her knees, her grief inconsolable.
- The keening sound of a dying animal sent shivers down her spine, a chilling reminder of the fragility of life.
- As the sun set, casting long shadows across the land, a keening bird circled overhead, its mournful song a portent of doom.
- The ghost's keening cries echoed through the dark hallways, a chilling reminder that some horrors never truly die.
- With a keening cry, she threw herself into the icy water, her desperate plea for rescue swallowed by the unforgiving waves.
- The keening sound of a broken heart reverberated through her body, a relentless reminder of her shattered dreams.
- In the aftermath of the tragedy, the keening of survivors filled the air, a mournful symphony of loss and despair.
FAQs About the word keening
sharply contested, intense, seeming to cut or sting, very sensitive (as in seeing or hearing), very enthusiastic or excited about, a mourning for the dead with
mawkish, sentimental, blubbering, crying, weeping,wailing, sobbing, lachrymose, maudlin, misty-eyed
laughing, grinning, smiling, blithe, jovial, sunny, cheery, happy, lighthearted, gay
The mournful keening of bagpipes filled the air, a haunting sound that pierced the heart.
Her keening wailed through the house, a desperate cry that echoed her unbearable pain.
The wind seemed to join in the keening, howling mournfully around the desolate cottage.
With a heart-wrenching keening, she fell to her knees, her grief inconsolable.
