wailing
2
4.9
Making a high sad sound like someone crying
- adjective
- /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
:
lamentoso
Synonyms
5.8
Having a sad sound like a soft song or cry that shows sadness
is broader, naming a mournful or plaintive quality beyond sound
9.9
Sounding sad and like someone crying
is more general, referring to mournful vocal expression not always loud
9.8
Showing deep sadness with loud, long cries
is mournful or plaintive without requiring loudness
9.9
Feeling very sad and full of grief
is the modern, neutral form used for mournful vocal expression
grieving
vswailing
3.4
Feeling very sad after someone you love dies
is about vocal mournful sounds rather than inward feeling
Antonyms
Compounds
Wailing Wall
- Archaic
2
6.7
A holy stone wall in Jerusalem where Jewish people pray and put written prayers
How Mournful
Surface Forms
wailing positive
Morphology
Etymology
Wailing comes from the old English word wail, which meant 'to cry loudly in grief', and it is used for sounds that are mournful. So a wailing wind or siren is a sound like a long, sad cry.