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Synonyms for keening
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kee-ning |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈki nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for keening Other synonyms for the word keening
- aching
- anguish
- bark
- bawl
- bawling
- bay
- be brokenhearted
- be sad
- bear
- bellow
- bemoan
- bereavement
- bewail
- bewailing
- blackness
- bleed
- blub
- blubber
- blubbering
- boohoo
- burst into tears
- carry on
- caterwaul
- choke up
- clamor
- complaining
- crack up
- cry a river
- cry the blues
- crying
- darkness
- deplore
- dirge
- dissolve in tears
- drip
- eat one's heart out
- elegy
- endure
- grieving
- gripe
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- hang crepe
- hoot
- howl
- howling
- hurt
- jeremiad
- jowl
- keen
- keening
- kick
- lament
- lamentation
- lamenting
- languish
- languishing
- let go
- let it all out
- let it out
- long for
- mewl
- miss
- moan
- moaning
- mourn
- mourning
- mumble
- murmur
- object
- outcry
- pine
- pining
- plaint
- put on the weeps
- quest
- regret
- repine
- repining
- requiem
- ring the blues
- roar
- rue
- scream
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- shedding tears
- shout
- shriek
- sigh
- sing the blues
- sniff
- snivel
- snivelling
- sob
- sobbing
- sorrow
- sorrowing
- squall
- suffer
- take it hard
- tear
- tears
- the blues
- threnody
- turn on waterworks
- ululate
- ululation
- wail
- wailing
- wear black
- weep
- weeping
- whimper
- whimpering
- whine
- woe
- wring hands
- yammer
- yearn
- yell
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
Définition of keening
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English cene "bold brave," later "clever, wise," from Proto-Germanic *kan- "be able to" (see can). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both "brave" and "skilled;" cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise," Middle Dutch coene "bold," Dutch koen, Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong," German kühn "bold, daring." Sense of "eager" is from mid-14c. The meaning "sharp" is peculiar to English: of blades and edges early 13c., of sounds c.1400, of eyesight c.1720. A popular word of approval in teenager and student slang from c.1900.
- As in lament/lamentation : noun grief, complaint
- As in mourning : noun sadness, time of sadness
- As in sobbing : noun cry
- As in wailing : noun cry
- As in cry : noun weeping and making sad sounds
- As in howl : noun long, painful cry
- As in moan : verb groan, complain
- As in mourn : verb be sad over loss
- As in wail : verb cry loudly
- As in weep : verb cry
- As in ululate : verb howl
- As in cry : verb weep and make sad sounds
- As in grieve : verb mourn, feel deep distress
- As in groan : verb moan, complain
- The women are keening softly and swaying themselves with a slow movement.
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- It rose and fell, rose and fell, then died away like the keening of a lost soul.
- Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
- The room was filled with the keening staccato of the alien transmission.
- Extract from : « Greylorn » by John Keith Laumer
- The huge brain was alert now, with a supernal sense of keening.
- Extract from : « Walls of Acid » by Henry Hasse
- Keening in from the lake, the wind made him stagger backwards.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the White Sturgeon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- The natives stopped their keening, and made room for the two men.
- Extract from : « Feet Of Clay » by Phillip Hoskins
- There was a keening of wind, and a cracking of the frozen ground.
- Extract from : « The Planet with No Nightmare » by Jim Harmon
- She is opening her letters and "keening" softly as she rocks in her chair.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 4th, 1920 » by Various
- The very wind had forsaken them, and gone off keening into the far distance.
- Extract from : « Strangers at Lisconnel » by Barlow Jane
- The news came to Bodb Dearg's place, and all the people gave out three loud, high cries, keening their nursling.
- Extract from : « Gods and Fighting Men » by Lady I. A. Gregory
Antonyms for keening
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