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.