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wailing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wailing has 1 sense
- wailing(n = noun.act) bawling - loud cries made while weeping; Array is a kind of crying, tears, weeping
Derived form verb wail1
Adjective wailing has 1 sense
- wailing(s = adj.all) lamenting, wailful - vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"
THESAURUS
wailing
acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing, blatant, creaky, crying, ear-piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient, penetrating, piercing, piping, puling, reedy, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, ululation, whining, whistling
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