keening

  1. Adjective.  Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
  2. Noun.  ntense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
  3. Noun.  by extension) An unpleasant sound.
  4. Verb.  (present participle of, keen) .

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