Synonyms: lamenting, wailful, wailing
Definition: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
Usage: lamenting sinners; wailing mourners; the wailing wind; wailful bagpipes; tangle her desires with wailful sonnets- Shakespeare
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13