- lamenting, wailing, 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"- Shakespeare
Antonym: joyful (indirect, via sorrowful)
- wailing, bawling - loud cries made while weeping
--1 is a kind of crying, weeping, tears
Derived form: verb wail1
- howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
--1 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun wail1, noun wailer1, noun wailing1
You can hear animals wail in the meadows
The meadows wail with animals
- wail, whimper, mewl, pule - cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
--2 is one way to cry, weep
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun wail1
Somebody ----s