WAILING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • loud cries made while weeping
   Synonym(s)
   • bawling (what does bawling mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wailing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • crying (what does crying mean?)
   • weeping (what does weeping mean?)
   • tears (what does tears mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • howl (what does howl mean?)
   • ululate (what does ululate mean?)
   • wail (what does wail mean?)
   • roar (what does roar mean?)
   • yawl (what does yawl mean?)

WAILING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
   Synonym(s)
   • lamenting (what does lamenting mean?)
   • wailful (what does wailful mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • lamenting sinners
   • wailing mourners
   • the wailing wind
   • wailful bagpipes
   • tangle her desires with wailful sonnets- Shakespeare
   Similar To
   • sorrowful (what does sorrowful mean?)