Uk English Meaning of keening
keening
Other Uk English words related to keening
- blubbering
- crying
- mawkish
- Sentimental
- sobbing
- wailing
- weeping
- bawling
- demonstrative
- doleful
- sad
- effusive
- emotional
- lachrymose
- maudlin
- misty
- misty-eyed
- moist
- mournful
- plaintive
- sniveling
- tearful
- weepy
- whimpering
- sniffling
- Complaining
- wailing
- broken-hearted
- dejected
- depressed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- downcast
- funereal
- gloomy
- Grieving
- heartbroken
- heartsick
- inconsolable
- lugubrious
- sad
- sorrowful
- teary
- woebegone
- woeful
Nearest Words of keening
- keens => keen
- keep (back) => held back or kept
- keep (from) => (keep away from)
- keep (on) => keep (on), carry on, continue
- keep (someone) posted => keep (someone) posted
- keep (to) => keep (to)
- keep clear of => Keep clear of
- keep company (with) => keep company (with)
- keep in touch with => Keep in touch with
- keep one's eyes open for => keep an eye out for
Definitions and Meaning of keening in English
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
FAQs About the word keening
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
blubbering,crying,mawkish,Sentimental,sobbing,wailing,weeping,bawling,demonstrative,doleful
grinning.,laughing,smiling,beaming,blithe,cheery,cheerful,chuckling,gay,giggling
keened => mourned, keeling (over) => keeled (over), keelhauls => Keelhauling, keeled (over) => keel over, keelboats => Keelboats,
