wailing (n.)

  1. loud cries made while weeping

    [ Syn: bawling ]

    wailing (adj.)

  1. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; lamenting sinners; wailing mourners; the wailing wind; wailful bagpipes; tangle her desires with wailful sonnets- Shakespeare

    [ Syn: lamenting , wailful ]

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