keening in English

verb
1
wail in grief for a dead person; sing a keen.
She could hear voices speaking in soothing tones, but Anna keened and wailed, and Kathleen tried not to imagine the scene on the other side of the door.
verb

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1. Verdicts leave keening Bereavers needing justice done

2. There are soothing hymnal Chorales and jittery rock grooves, soul ballads and eerie, keening solo vocal lines

3. Synonyms for Boohooing include weeping, crying, sobbing, whimpering, blubbering, keening, bawling, greeting, grieving and lamenting

4. Synonyms for Baying include howling, barking, crying, ululating, yapping, yelping, growling, keening, wailing and yowling

5. I think my tears have become good "'Tumbling Towards A wall’ is a keening batch of dematerialised atmospheres and lilting rhythms bound to lull listeners into hypnagogic states with its anxiety-sink ambient

6. Banshee, (“woman of the fairies”) supernatural being in Irish and other Celtic folklore whose mournful “keening,” or wailing screaming or lamentation, at night was believed to foretell the death of a member of the family of the person who heard the spirit

7. The scream is also called ‘caoine’ which means ‘keening’ and is a warning that there will be an imminent death in the family and as the Irish families blended over time, it is said that each family has its own Banshee!