wail /wāl/

1. To lament or express sorrow or pain audibly, esp with prolonged high-pitched mournful cries
2. To make a sound resembling such a cry
3. (of eyes) to weep (Shakespeare)

1. To bemoan
2. To grieve over

1. The activity, or a spell, of wailing
2. A cry of woe
3. An animal cry or mechanical sound suggesting this

wailˈer noun

wailˈful adjective (poetic)

1. Sorrowful
2. Expressing woe

wailˈing noun and adjective

wailˈingly adverb

Wailing Wall noun

A wall in Jerusalem, 18m (59ft) high, a remnant of the western wall of the temple dating back to before the destruction of the city in 66AD, where Jews traditionally pray and from which they were excluded for a time

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