keening
verb
- 1
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.”
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