keened
Cried in grief
Keened is the past tense of keen, meaning to wail or cry out in grief, especially in ritual lamentation for the dead.
The practice has deep roots in Irish tradition, where women would keen at wakes and funerals: She keened over her husband's body.
The sound suggests a high, prolonged cry of mourning.
Cried out mournfully
- ululatedHowled with tremolo
- howledUttered prolonged cry
- criedWept or shouted
- sobbedWept audibly and convulsively
moaned · lamented · shrieked · caterwauled · yowled · whimpered · groaned · screamed
Path left in water
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- gravesideBeside a burial plot
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
requiem · dirge · cortege · interment · casket · hearse · cemetery · shroud
Period following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- bereavementState following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
loss · lamentation · desolation · despair · woe · suffering · misery · heartbreak
Death-foretelling Irish spirit
- wakePath left in water
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- ancestralOf one's forebears
otherworldly · foreboding · omen · death knell · supernatural · folklore · Celtic · spirit
wailed
Cried out mournfully
sobbed · moaned · lamented · shrieked · caterwauled · yowled · whimpered · groaned · screamed · cried out
wake
Path left in water
pallbearers · requiem · dirge · cortege · interment · casket · hearse · cemetery · shroud · vigil
mourning
Period following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- bereavementState following loss
heartache · loss · lamentation · desolation · despair · woe · suffering · misery · heartbreak · agony
banshee
Death-foretelling Irish spirit
- wakePath left in water
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
ancestral · otherworldly · foreboding · omen · death knell · supernatural · folklore · Celtic · spirit
keenedrejoiced
Felt intense gladness
celebrated · cheered · exulted · crowed · reveled
keenedhushed
Reduced to silence
whispered · suppressed · fell silent · murmured · muted
- keen edgeFinely honed cutting surface
- keen onEnthusiastic about
- peachy keenExtremely satisfactory, old-fashioned style
- keen sense of smell
- keen mind
- keen sense