Synonyms of keening

keening 1 of 2

adjective

as in wailing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wailing
• crying
• weeping
• sobbing
• blubbering
• sentimental
• mawkish
• whimpering
• maudlin
• bawling
• sniffling
• sniveling
• moist
• misty
• emotional
• plaintive
• demonstrative
• effusive
• mournful
• weepy
• misty-eyed
• tearful
• doleful
• lachrymose
• dolorous
• teary
• grieving
• bewailing
• funereal
• lugubrious
• bemoaning
• sorrowful
• sad
• disconsolate
• inconsolable
• gloomy
• heartsick
• woebegone
• dejected
• woeful
• despondent
• brokenhearted
• heartbroken
• depressed
• downcast
• miserable
• heavyhearted
• downhearted
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• smiling
• grinning
• giggling
• beaming
• cheerful
• happy
• merry
• cheery
• blithe
• mirthful
• jovial
• chuckling
• lighthearted
• sunny
• gay
• jocose
• blithesome
• lightsome

keening

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verb

present participle of keen

1

as in complaining

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• moaning
• whining
• muttering
• whimpering
• growling
• wailing
• squealing
• squawking
• grumbling
• caterwauling
• murmuring
• crying
• worrying
• kicking
• bleating
• bitching
• inveighing
• hollering
• yammering
• yowling
• yawping
• kvetching
• whingeing
• grizzling
• nagging
• repining
• grousing
• whinging
• griping
• grouching
• bellyaching
• grumping
• beefing
• carping
• kicking up a fuss
• croaking
• maundering
• crabbing
• kicking up a stink
• fussing
• sobbing
• protesting
• yauping
• quarrelling (with)
• quibbling
• quarreling (with)
• objecting (to)
• cavilling
• blubbering
• bewailing
• stewing
• lamenting
• fretting
• caviling
• bemoaning
• deploring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• delighting
• enduring
• accepting
• taking
• bearing
• crowing
• tolerating
• cheering
• applauding
• commending
• countenancing

2

as in howling

to make a long loud mournful sound

mourners keening for the victims of the bombing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• howling
• wailing
• screaming
• shrieking
• ululating
• yelling
• yowling
• baying
• screeching
• shrilling
• squealing
• yelping
• squalling
• caterwauling
• bawling
• yawping
• yauping