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Synonyms & Antonyms of keening
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in crying, wailing
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keening
verb
present participle of keen
Synonyms & Antonyms of keening (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for 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
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2
to make a long loud mournful sound
- mourners keening for the victims of the bombing
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“Keening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keening. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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