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English adjective: wailing

1. wailing vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression


SamplesLamenting sinners.
Wailing mourners.
The wailing wind.
Wailful bagpipes.
Tangle her desires with wailful sonnets.


Synonymslamenting, wailful


Similarsorrowful


Antonymsjoyful


English noun: wailing

1. wailing (act) loud cries made while weeping


Synonymsbawling


Broader (hypernym)crying, tears, weeping









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