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wailful

wail·ful

UK/ˈweɪlfəl/ uncommon

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
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Origin

From wail + -ful.

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