wailful
- adjective
- /ˈweɪl.fəl/
- Archaic
:
lamentoso
- "My mother's answer to any question that summer was a wailful cry."
Examples
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The wailful sound of the mourners echoed through the empty hallway.
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She raised her voice in a wailful lament as she remembered her lost friend.
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His wailful cries of despair could be heard long after the tragedy occurred.
Synonyms
26
1.8
Showing you are about to cry because of a strong feeling
20
3.7
Feeling like you want to cry easily
18
3.9
Feeling deep sadness because of a loss
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
3
6.0
Feeling very sad and showing deep sorrow, like after bad news
3
8.2
Feeling or showing deep sadness
2
4.9
Making a high sad sound like someone crying
Sounding sad and like someone crying
Having a sad sound like a soft song or cry that shows sadness
Very sad in a way that sounds like a funeral song
Slow and sad in a way that shows deep sorrow
Feeling very sad and full of grief
Antonyms
How Mournful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wailful comes from the common word wail, meaning 'a long, sad cry', plus the ending -ful, meaning 'full of'. So wailful describes something that is 'full of' loud grief or sorrow.