Definition of wail

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Wail (v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.

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Lament :: Lament (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
Wail :: Wail (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death..
Bewailed :: Bewailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewai.
Elegize :: Elegize (v. t.) To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail.
Weep :: Weep (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
Keen :: Keen (v. i.) To wail as a keener does.
Wailful :: Wailful (a.) Sorrowful; mournful.
Ululate :: Ululate (v. i.) To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals..
Bewailing :: Bewailing (a.) Wailing over; lamenting.
Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
Plain :: Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.
Bewailing :: Bewailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewai.
Wailing :: Wailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Weyle :: Weyle (v. t. & i.) To wail.
Keen :: Keen (n.) A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
Bewailer :: Bewailer (n.) One who bewails or laments.
Wailed :: Wailed (imp. & p. p.) of Wai.
Aswail :: Aswail (n.) The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.
Howl :: Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
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