Wail

Noun

 * 1) A loud cry or shriek.
 * She let out a loud, doleful wail.

Verb

 * 1) To cry out, as in sorrow.
 * 2) To weep loudly.
 * 3) To make a noise like crying.
 * The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.

Derived terms

 * wailer
 * wailingly

Adjectives for Wail
piteous; faint; infantile; obstreperous; lusty; articulate; windy; inward; melodramatic; thin; fretful; dismal; doleful; dying; hideous; damned; confused; heartbroken; young; passionate; patriotic; pathetic; murmured; tender; moaning; wild; liquid; weird; far-off; mournful; amazed; angry; nightly; flute-like.

Verbs
emit—; prolong—; set up—; shrill—; utter —; —complains of; —deplores; —deprecates ; —grieves; —laments; —mourns; — pierces; —rends; —rings out; —rises; — wrings.

Adverbs for Wail
distressfully; mournfully; dismally; piteously; inarticulately; fretfully; dolefully; passionately; wildly; weirdly; mournfully; lustily; obstreperously.

Thesaurus
bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boohoo, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, dolorous tirade, drawl, exclaim, flute, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice, groan, growl, grunt, hiss, howl, jeremiad, keen, kick, lament, lilt, low, make an outcry, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, quest, repine, roar, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, wail of woe, warble, weep, whicker, whimper, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl

Etymology
Probably from væla:

Pronunciation



 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

 * Danish:, ,  klageråb
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 泣き声, うなり
 * Latvian: vaimana
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: ,


 * !Xóõ:
 * French: vagir


 * Finnish:, ,


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