LekhoriLekhoriSharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
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.
An unpleasant wailing sound.
present participle and gerund of keen
From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
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