wailing
noun
1 wailing
Loud cries made while weeping.
synonym: bawling.
Roget 412: cry etc. v.; crying etc. v.; bowwow, ululation, latration†, belling; reboation†; wood-note; insect cry, ... show more
adjective
1 wailing
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression:
— Wailing mourners.
— The wailing wind.
Moby thesaurus: acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing, blatant, creaky, crying, ear-piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient ... show more.
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