keening
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Etymology
Adjective
keening (not comparable)
Noun
keening (countable and uncountable, plural keenings)
- Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
- 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 85:
- Keening. I remember keening that seemed to go on all through the night: shrill, sharp, shiny, needles of sound piercing cleanly and deeply to let the anguish in, not out.
- (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
Translations
Verb
keening
- present participle and gerund of keen
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