keening
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2VERB + KEENING
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adj
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
As Black Sabbath’s doomsayer-in-chief, Osbourne could summon a true sense of terror in his keening cries in a way that heightened the band’s muscular dirges.
noun
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.
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3The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
WiktionaryAs Black Sabbath’s doomsayer-in-chief, Osbourne could summon a true sense of terror in his keening cries in a way that heightened the band’s muscular dirges.
WiktionaryKeening. 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.
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