Wail - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|weɪl|
Brit.
|weɪl|
noun
verb
- emit long loud cries (syn: howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl)
wail in self-pity
- cry weakly or softly (syn: mewl, pule, whimper)she wailed with pain
Extra examples
The child started wailing after she stumbled and fell.
A saxophone wailed in the background.
“No! I don't want to go!” he wailed.
She wailed that the vacation was ruined.
...a prolonged wail arose from every corner of the city as the victims of the earthquake were unearthed from the rubble...
The boy was wailing over his dead dog.
'But what shall I do?' Bernard wailed.
Somewhere behind them a child began to wail.
The wind wailed in the chimney.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: wail
he/she/it: wails
present participle: wailing
past tense: wailed
past participle: wailed
I/you/we/they: wail
he/she/it: wails
present participle: wailing
past tense: wailed
past participle: wailed
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