wailing

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: bawlinglamentingwailful

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. loud cries made while weepingSynonyms: bawling

Adjective (1)

  1. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression“lamenting sinners”“wailing mourners”“the wailing wind”“wailful bagpipes”“tangle her desires with wailful sonnets — Shakespeare”Synonyms: lamentingwailful
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wailing.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la; cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. Woe.] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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