Definitions For Keening

verb

  • To make a loud and long cry of sorrow

Is Keening a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Keening is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Keening in a Sentence

  • She's a very keen observer of the political world.
  • Pilots with especially keen eyesight
  • Mourners keening at a funeral
  • Victims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid
  • The loud keens of the widows were heard throughout the war-ravaged city

Antonyms for Keening

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