English adjective: wailing | |||
1. | wailing vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression | ||
Samples | Lamenting sinners. Wailing mourners. The wailing wind. Wailful bagpipes. Tangle her desires with wailful sonnets. | ||
Synonyms | lamenting, wailful | ||
Similar | sorrowful | ||
Antonyms | joyful | ||
English noun: wailing | |||
1. | wailing (act) loud cries made while weeping | ||
Synonyms | bawling | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crying, tears, weeping | ||