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ˈweɪl fəlwail·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lamenting, wailing, wailfuladjective

    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. wailfuladjective

    Sorrowful; mournful.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wailfuladjective

    Sorrowful; mournful.

    Etymology: from wail and full.

    Lay lime to tangle her desires
    By wailful sonnets, whose composed rhimes
    Should be full fraught with serviceable vows. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. wailful

    Wailful means characterized by or expressing intense sorrow, grief, or mourning; emitting or resembling a mournful, loud, and prolonged cry. It is often used to describe sounds, such as music or cries.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wailfuladjective

    sorrowful; mournful

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wailful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wailful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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