Synonyms for keened
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : keen |
| Phonetic Transcription : kin |
Top 10 synonyms for keened Other synonyms for the word keened
- anguish
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- be brokenhearted
- be sad
- bear
- bellow
- bemoan
- bewail
- bleed
- blub
- blubber
- boohoo
- burst into tears
- carry on
- caterwaul
- choke up
- clamor
- crack up
- cry a river
- cry the blues
- deplore
- dissolve in tears
- drip
- eat one's heart out
- endure
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- hang crepe
- hoot
- howl
- hurt
- jowl
- keen
- kick
- lament
- languish
- let go
- let it all out
- let it out
- long for
- mewl
- miss
- moan
- mourn
- mumble
- murmur
- object
- outcry
- pine
- put on the weeps
- quest
- regret
- repine
- ring the blues
- roar
- rue
- scream
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- shout
- shriek
- sigh
- sing the blues
- sniff
- snivel
- sob
- sorrow
- squall
- suffer
- take it hard
- turn on waterworks
- ululate
- wail
- wear black
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- wring hands
- yammer
- yearn
- yell
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
Définition of keened
Origin :- c.1200, from Old English cene "bold brave," later "clever, wise," from Proto-Germanic *kan- "be able to" (see can). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both "brave" and "skilled;" cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise," Middle Dutch coene "bold," Dutch koen, Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong," German kühn "bold, daring." Sense of "eager" is from mid-14c. The meaning "sharp" is peculiar to English: of blades and edges early 13c., of sounds c.1400, of eyesight c.1720. A popular word of approval in teenager and student slang from c.1900.
- As in howl : noun long, painful cry
- As in moan : verb groan, complain
- As in mourn : verb be sad over loss
- As in wail : verb cry loudly
- As in weep : verb cry
- As in ululate : verb howl
- As in cry : verb weep and make sad sounds
- As in grieve : verb mourn, feel deep distress
- As in groan : verb moan, complain
- And then Brigit came and keened her son with shrieking and with crying.
- Extract from : « Gods and Fighting Men » by Lady I. A. Gregory
- And they buried him, and put a flag-stone over his grave, and keened him there.
- Extract from : « Gods and Fighting Men » by Lady I. A. Gregory
- On other rolls, she keened and chanted oddly to herself, eyes closed, and pinched down most of the stock.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Pheola moaned, then keened, and waved her hands in front of her face, as if to ward off a swarm of bees.
- Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp
- From behind the first keened once more that ghastly and smothered escape of suffering, scarcely audible.
- Extract from : « The Gray Mask » by Wadsworth Camp
Antonyms for keened
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