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Definition of wailing : of Wail

Synonyms:

sounds, tear, cry, blubbering, bawling, wailful, sorrowful

grieving, mourning, sniffling, bewailing, longing, whining, sobbing, clamoring, bemoaning, sighing, whimpering, crying, groaning, agonizing, decrying, ululating, snuffling, weeping, moaning, lamenting

exhaling, storming, blowing, gusting, puffing, breezing, ventilating, drafting, squalling, raging, roaring, blustering

Usage examples:

• Great Earth, the All- mother, Taketh thee unto her With wailing wild! - "The Trojan Women of Euripides", Euripides.
• All day they ran wailing through the camp; and, when night came, the hills and woods resounded with their dreary lamentations. - "The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada", Francis Parkman.
• One night the sound of women wailing came from that house. - "The Fugitive", Rabindranath Tagore.