wail
Meaning of wail
noun
- a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
Christopher let out a wail
- utter a wail.
Tina ran off wailing
‘But why?’ she wailed
Middle English: from Old Norse; related to woe.
Information about wail
- The plural form of wail is: wails.
- Languages in which wail is used:
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Hyphenation of wail
wail
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- wail is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wail synonyms
Meaning lament:
Meaning howl:
howl, ululate, roar, yawl, yaup
Meaning whimper:
Meaning a loud, unrestrained shout:
Meaning a loud wailing cry, especially one of pain or distress:
Meaning the action of wailing in grief for a dead person:
Meaning a loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion:
Meaning an act or sound of sobbing:
Meaning a long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure:
Meaning a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc:
Meaning a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream:
Meaning a long, loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain:
Meaning a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm:
Meaning a deep roaring shout or sound:
Meaning a shrill howling or wailing noise:
Meaning a long, high-pitched complaining cry:
Meaning a statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable:
Meaning shed tears:
Meaning having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm:
Meaning the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals:
Meaning cry and sniff in a feeble or fretful way:
Meaning (of a baby or small child) cry noisily and continuously:
Meaning give a loud plaintive cry like that of a cat:
Meaning express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:
Meaning complain about something in a bad-tempered way:
Meaning a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are often kept in large ponds:
Meaning feel or display deep distress:
Meaning give a polite word of recognition or sign of welcome when meeting (someone):
Translation of wail
- German: Gejammer
- French: gémissements
- Spanish: lamentaciones
- Italian: gemito, lamento, lamentazione
Anagrams of wail
Words that rhyme with wail
Zewail, bewail, cobewail, rebewail, aswail, swail
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