Definition of Keening

1. Adjective. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound. ¹

2. Noun. Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake ¹

3. Noun. (by extension) An unpleasant sound. ¹

4. Verb. (present participle of keen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keening

1. keen [v] - See also: keen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keening

keels
keelson
keelsons
keelyvine pen
keema
keen
keen-sighted
keen-witted
keen as mustard
keen on
keened
keener
keeners
keenest
keeneth
keening (current term)
keenings
keenly
keenness
keennesses
keens
keep
keep-away
keep a close watch on
keep a cool head
keep a lid on
keep a lookout
keep a weather eye open
keep abreast
keep an eye on

Literary usage of Keening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treasury of War Poetry: British and American Poems of the World War, 1914-1919 by George Herbert Clarke (1919)
"... MOIRA'S keening O MOUNTAINS of Erin, Your beauty is fled; Beyond you, in Flanders, My darling lies dead. Through the dunes and the grasses Bespattered ..."

2. A Book of Saints and Wonders by Gregory (1908)
"... OF keening the island of the mill, they found a very large island and a great host of people in it. Black they were, both in their bodies and their ..."

3. Wanderings in Ireland by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1908)
"CHAPTER V The Island of Achill—Picturesque Scenery—Poverty of the People—"keening" for the Dead—"The Gintleman Who Pays the Rint"—Superstitious Legends. ..."

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