1. Loud cries made while weeping
   - bawling

1. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
   "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"
   - lamenting, wailful

1. Emit long loud cries
   "wail in self-pity"
   - howl, ululate, roar, yawl, yaup 
2. Cry weakly or softly
   "she wailed with pain"
   - whimper, mewl, pule

Sounds like: whaling

Derived forms: wailings

See also: sorrowful, wailer

Type of: call, cry, crying, holler, hollo [non-standard], scream, shout, shout out, squall, tears, weep, weeping, yell

Encyclopedia: Wail

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