Wailing

English

Noun

Wailing (plural Wailings)

1. A loud drawn out scream and howl.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner , Moonfleet Chapter 5

     'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

Verb

wailing

1. Present participle of wail.

Adverbs for Wailing

mournfully; incessantly; continually; intermittently; hopefully; piously; confoundedly; petulantly; disagreeably; feebly; vociferously; loudly; wistfully; ostentatiously; pitifully; hungrily; sleepily; drowsily; insincerely; tiresomely; monotonously; desperately; vexatiously; pettishly.

Thesaurus

acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing, blatant, creaky, crying, ear-piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient, penetrating, piercing, piping, puling, reedy, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, ululation, whining, whistling

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ