Keening

verb

  1. To make cold, to sharpen.

verb

  1. To utter a keen.

  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.

  3. To mourn.

noun

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

  2. (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.

adjective

  1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

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

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