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Keen (Noun)

Meaning

A funeral lament sung with loud wailing.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

  • The mourners let out a loud keen as the body of their loved one was lowered into the ground.
  • Her voice rose to a heart-wrenching keen as she bade farewell to her deceased husband.
  • Their traditional keen echoed through the valley as they bid a sorrowful farewell to their beloved elder.
  • The sound of the mournful keen filled the air as the community came together to pay their last respects.
  • The Irish family broke into a mournful keen at the graveside, their wails and cries of grief mingling with the misty rain.

Hypernyms

  • Lament
  • Threnody
  • Coronach
  • Requiem

Related Words

  • Keen (verb)
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