Definitions for wailing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wailing, bawling(adj)

    loud cries made while weeping

  2. lamenting, wailing, wailful(adj)

    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

Wiktionary

  1. wailing(Noun)

    A loud drawn out scream and howl.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wailing(u)

    of Wail


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