wailful Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
wailing; lamenting.
- lamenting sinners
- wailing mourners
- the wailing wind
- wailful bagpipes
- tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
WordNet
Wail"ful adjective
Definitions
Sorrowful; mournful. " Like wailful widows." Spenser. "Wailful sonnets." Shak.