1. keening - Noun
2. keening - Adjective
3. keening - Verb
keening (not comparable)
Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
(by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
keening
present participle of keen
Once this was a nation of farmers, builders, inventors, creators, explorers, and thinkers. Now we are a nation of bubblehead academic poseurs, race-guilt hucksters, and keening middle-class "victims" of imaginary wrongs. John Derbyshire
Just then, my phone started ringing. The ring must have been damaged by the water as well, so now it had a high, keening note - kind of the sound I imagine a mermaid might make if you punched her in the face. Maureen Johnson
Or, she is bound to move into a high keening note next. Source: Internet
The main beat and synth parts, that keening synth that drops in during the chorus, the fact that they smartly place the first chorus in between the extended intro and the first verse. Source: Internet