noun
- a loud wailing cry of grief or lamentation, especially at a funeral
Usage: traditional Irish and Scottish
verb
- to wail in grief or sorrow; to make a keening sound
Examples
- The keening of the mourners could be heard throughout the village.
- Her keening filled the church during the funeral service.
- The wind made a keening sound through the trees.
- She was keening over her lost child.
- The women began keening as the coffin was lowered.
- A keening cry echoed across the moor.
- The bagpipes joined the keening voices in mourning.