English Dictionary
◊ WAILING
wailing
adj : 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 [syn: {lamenting},
{wailful}]
n : loud cries made while weeping [syn: {bawling}]