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Definitions for Keening

[1] the act of a person who keens.
[2] a wailing lament for the dead; keen.
[3] a wailing lament for the dead.
[4] to wail in lamentation for the dead.
[5] to mourn for by or with such keening or wailing: keening his mother while kneeling at her grave.
[6] eager or enthusiastic
[7] (postpositive foll by on ) fond (of); devoted (to) keen on a girl ; keen on golf
[8] intellectually acute a keen wit
[9] (of sight, smell, hearing, etc) capable of recognizing fine distinctions
[10] having a sharp cutting edge or point
[11] extremely cold and penetrating a keen wind
[12] intense or strong a keen desire
[13] mainly British extremely low so as to be competitive keen prices
[14] slang , mainly US and Canadian very good
[15] to lament the dead
[16] a dirge or lament for the dead

Words related to Keening

grief, wailing, weeping, sobbing, sob, howl, lament, moan, growl, groan, yelp, wail, roar, whimper, hoot, outcry, shriek, sigh, carp, grumble

Words nearby Keening

keen, keen about, be, keene, keene's cement, keener, keening, keep, keep a civil tongue in one's head, keep a low profile, keep a sharp lookout, keep a stiff upper lip

Origin of Keening

21805–15; < Irish caoine (noun), caoin- (v., stem of caoinim ) lament

Other words from Keening

keen·er , noun

Word origin for Keening

C19: from Irish Gaelic caoine, from Old Irish coīnim I wail

Synonyms for Keening

complaining, dirge, elegy, grieving, jeremiad, keen, lament, moan, moaning, mourning, plaint, requiem, sob, sobbing, sorrow, tears, threnody, ululation, wail, wailing, weeping