keening

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.”

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

   “Keening. I remember keening that seemed to go on all through the night: shrill, sharp, shiny, needles of sound piercing cleanly and deeply to let the anguish in, not out.”

3. isim An unpleasant wailing sound.
4. fiil present participle and gerund of keen