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1. (v.i.) wail
to utter a prolonged, mournful cry, as in grief or suffering.
2. wail
to make mournful sounds, as music or the wind.
3. wail
to lament or mourn bitterly.
4. wail
Slang. to express emotion musically or verbally in an exciting, satisfying way.
5. (v.t.) wail
to express deep sorrow for; mourn.
6. wail
to express in wailing or in lamentation.
7. (n.) wail
the act of wailing.
8. wail
a wailing cry.
9. wail
any similar mournful sound.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME weile (v. and n.), perh. der. of OE weilā(wei)wellaway ; cf. OE wæmacr;lan to torment, ON wæmacr;la to wail)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) lament, lamentation, plaint, wail
a cry of sorrow and grief
"their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
2. (verb) howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
3. (verb) wail, whimper, mewl, pule
cry weakly or softly
"she wailed with pain"
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1. (verb) wail
to cry with a long loud sound
a boy wailing over his lost toy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wail
loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing
2. (verb) wail
to choose; to select
3. (verb) wail
to lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death
4. (verb) wail
to express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep
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Sense: to utter sorrowful or complaining cries
The child is wailing over its broken toy.
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 Afrikaans: huil |
 Arabic: يَنوح، يَبْكي، يَنْتَحِب |
 Bulgarian: ридая |
 Brazilian: lamentar |
 Czech: naříkat |
 German: jammern |
 Danish: hyle; jamre |
 Greek: κλαίω γοερά, θρηνώ, στριγ |
 Spanish: llorar, gimotear; ulular; |
 Estonian: ulguma |
 Farsi: ضجه زدن |
 Finnish: ulvoa |
 French: se lamenter |
 Hebrew: לְייַלֵל |
 Hindi: विलाप करना |
 Croatian: jadikovka |
 Hungarian: jajgat |
 Indonesian: meratap |
 Icelandic: veina, væla |
 Italian: lamentarsi |
 Japanese: 泣き叫ぶ |
 Korean: 울부짖다, 통곡하다 |
 Lithuanian: (ap)raudoti,ūbauti |
 Latvian: apraudāt; vaimanāt; gaudo |
 Dutch: jammeren |
 Norwegian: jamre, syte, gråte over |
 Polish: lamentować |
 Persian: ضجه زدن |
 Pashto: وير كول ، ساندى و يل، ژړا |
 Portuguese: chorar |
 Romanian: a jeli |
 Russian: выть |
 Slovak: nariekať |
 Slovenian: tarnati |
 Serbian: kukati |
 Swedish: jämra sig, kvida, skrika, |
 Thai: ร้องไห้คร่ำครวญ |
 Turkish: feryat etmek, hüngür hüng |
 Taiwanese: 嚎啕大哭 |
 Ukrainian: волати; завивати |
 Urdu: بلند آواز سے رونا |
 Vietnamese: khóc thét |
 Chinese: 嚎啕大哭 |
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