Synonyms for wailing

Synonyms for (noun) wailing

Synonyms: bawling, wailing

Definition: loud cries made while weeping

Similar words: tears, weeping, crying

Definition: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Usage: I hate to hear the crying of a child; she was in tears


Synonyms for (adj) wailing

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


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