Local English word record

wailful

adjective · 1 sense

vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression- Shakespeare

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Examples

  • lamenting sinners
  • wailing mourners
  • the wailing wind
  • wailful bagpipes
  • tangle her desires with wailful sonnets

Word relationships

Synonyms

lamenting, wailing

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