keening – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
keen
v.
lament, mourn, wail
Keening
Keening is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead. In
Ireland and
Scotland it is customary for women to wail or keen at funerals. Keening has also been used as part of civil disobedience and protest.
keen
Noun
1. a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
(hypernym) dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
(derivation) lament
(classification) Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle
Verb
1. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
(synonym) lament
(hypernym) express emotion, express feelings
(entail) grieve, sorrow
Adjective
1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
(synonym) acute, discriminating, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
(similar) perceptive
2. intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
(synonym) exquisite
(similar) intense
3. very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
(synonym) incisive, sharp
(similar) intelligent
4. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
(synonym) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
(similar) good
(classification) colloquialism
5. as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
(synonym) cutting, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
(similar) sharp
6. having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
(similar) sharp
keening
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KEENING
FACENDO UN LAMENTO FUNEBRE. PIANGENDO LEVANDO UN LAMENTO FUNEBRE