wailing Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun loud cries made while weeping
bawling.
verb emit long loud cries
wail; roar; yawl; yaup; howl; ululate.
- wail in self-pity
- howl with sorrow
verb cry weakly or softly
pule; whimper; mewl; wail.
- she wailed with pain
adjective satellite vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
wailful; lamenting.
- lamenting sinners
- wailing mourners
- the wailing wind
- wailful bagpipes
- tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare