wailsomeadj.
/ˈweɪlsəm/ rare.† 1. That is to be bewailed. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable
ruefulc1225
pietousa1393
weepablec1449
pitifulc1450
lamentablec1460
pitiablec1475
implorable1535
moanworthy1540
wailfula1547
wailsome1566
tristsum1567
moanful1573
souspirable1594
bemoanable1611
bewailable1611
deplorable1612
criminal1792
1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea v. f. 47 And thys wyth walesome murther like shall lose her tender lyfe.
2. Having a wailing sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] > howl, wail, or whine
wailinga1577
howlinga1605
wailful1818
honing1837
wailsome1891
1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 31 Another wilderness of shut-up houses, wherein it seems that people do continually and feebly strum stringed instruments of a plaintive and wailsome nature.
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