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wailing

A baby is wailing in her crib.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Vocally expressing grief or sorrow: Describes a sound or person that is crying out loudly in sadness, pain, or distress.
    • Resembling such an expression: Describes a sound, like the wind, that is long, high-pitched, and mournful, similar to a cry of grief.

  2. Noun:

    • Loud cries made while weeping: The act of uttering prolonged, high-pitched sounds of mourning, lamentation, or intense sadness.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The wailing child could not be comforted. (The child crying out in grief could not be comforted.)
    • We heard the wailing sound of the sirens in the distance. (We heard the long, mournful sound of the sirens.)
  • Noun:
    • The wailing of the mourners filled the cemetery. (The loud cries of the mourners filled the cemetery.)
    • A sudden wailing came from the next room. (A sudden burst of loud crying came from the next room.)
Advanced Usage
  • Used to describe atmospheric or environmental sounds: Often applied to non-human sounds that evoke a feeling of sorrow.
    • The wailing of the wind through the cracks made the old house feel haunted.
  • Used in literary or poetic contexts: To create a vivid emotional or auditory image.
    • The poet described the empty streets with their wailing silence.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wail (verb/noun): To utter a prolonged, high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger; the cry itself.
    • The baby began to wail.
  • Wailful (adjective): Full of wailing; mournful. (A less common, poetic synonym for the adjective 'wailing').
    • The wailful melody of the song moved the audience.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Lamenting, howling, weeping, mournful, plaintive.
  • Noun: Lamentation, howling, weeping, keening, ululation (specifically for a ceremonial cry).
Related Phrases
  • Wail and gnash one's teeth: To express extreme despair or anger (a biblical idiom).
    • There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth when the results are announced.
  • Wail like a banshee: To wail very loudly and shrilly (an idiom referencing Irish folklore).
    • When she saw the mess, she started wailing like a banshee.
wailing

A baby is wailing in her crib.

Adjective
  1. 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
Noun
  1. loud cries made while weeping

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