keening

Meaning of keening

verb

To make cold, to sharpen.

verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.
noun
  1. Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
  2. (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
adjective
  1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
    The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.

Information about keening

  • The plural form of keening is: keenings.
  • Languages ​​in which keening is used:

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Hyphenation of keening

keen-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • keening is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of keening

kneeing

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