Definitions For Keening

verb

  • To make a loud and long cry of sorrow

Is Keenings a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Keening is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 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 Keenings

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