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Meaning of WAILING

Pronunciation:  w'eyling

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  loud cries made while weeping
  2. [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
 
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 Synonyms: bawling, lamenting, sorrowful, wailful
 
 See Also: crying, tears, weeping

 

 

 

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