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wailing

wai·ling

UK/ˈweɪlɪŋ/ US/ˈweɪlɪŋ/ common
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

loud cries made while weeping

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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 + -ing.

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