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keening

verb , present participle of keen

Synonyms and Antonyms of keening

1 to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

victims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid

Synonyms of keening

beefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping, caterwauling, complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grizzling, grouching, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumping, hollering, inveighing, kicking, kvetching, maundering [chiefly British], moaning, murmuring, muttering, nagging, repining, screaming, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whinging (or whingeing) [British], whining, yammering, yawping (or yauping), yowling

Words Related to keening

objecting (to), protesting, quarreling (with) (or quarrelling (with))

caviling (or cavilling), quibbling

fretting, stewing, worrying

blubbering, crying, sobbing

bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, lamenting

Phrases Synonymous with keening

kicking up a fuss

Near Antonyms of keening

accepting, bearing, countenancing, enduring, taking, tolerating

applauding, cheering, commending

Antonyms of keening

crowing, delighting, rejoicing

2 to make a long loud mournful sound

mourners keening for the victims of the bombing

Synonyms of keening

baying, howling, ululating, wailing, yowling

Words Related to keening

bawling, caterwauling, screaming, screeching, shrieking, shrilling, squalling, squealing, yawping (or yauping), yelling, yelping

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