wawl

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wawl

A newborn baby wawls in the hospital nursery.

Definition

Verb: - To utter a loud, prolonged, and high-pitched cry of distress, pain, or protest. It is often used to describe the intense, wavering cry of a young child or an animal.

Usage

The verb "wawl" describes the act of making a loud, high-pitched, and often grating cry. It is typically used in literary or descriptive contexts. - The infant began to wawl from hunger. - Outside the window, a cat would wawl every night.

Advanced Usage
  • "to wawl out": To cry out loudly and plaintively.
    • The lost puppy wawled out into the empty street.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wail (verb): A more common synonym with the same core meaning of a prolonged, high-pitched cry of sorrow or pain.
    • The mourners began to wail.
Synonyms
  • Howl
  • Bawl
  • Yowl
  • Scream (in the context of a long, loud cry)
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Wail out: Similar to "wawl out," meaning to emit a long, loud, mournful cry.
    • The sirens wailed out across the city.
wawl

A newborn baby wawls in the hospital nursery.

Verb
  1. make high-pitched, whiney noises

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