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WAILING

Pronunciation (US):

• WAILING (noun)
The noun WAILING has 1 sense:

1. loud cries made while weeping

Familiarity information: WAILING used as a noun is very rare.

• WAILING (adjective)
The adjective WAILING has 1 sense:

1. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Familiarity information: WAILING used as an adjective is very rare.

• WAILING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Loud cries made while weeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bawling; wailing

Hypernyms ("wailing" is a kind of...):

crying; tears; weeping (the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds))

• WAILING (adjective)

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Meaning:

Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Synonyms:

lamenting; wailful; wailing

Context examples:

lamenting sinners / wailing mourners / the wailing wind / wailful bagpipes / tangle her desires with wailful sonnets

Similar:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

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