Wail \Wail\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin
to Goth. waljan, G. w[aum]hlen.]
To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats."
--Henryson.
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Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wailing.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la;
cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei,
woe. Cf. Woe.]
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's
death. --Shak.
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Wail \Wail\, v. i.
To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
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Therefore I will wail and howl. --Micah i. 8.
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Wail \Wail\, n.
Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the
forest." --Longfellow.
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wail
n : a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation,
plaint]
v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, roar, yawl]
2: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: whimper,
mewl, pule]
WordNet (r) 2.0
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "wail":
bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber,
boohoo, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant,
chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, dolorous tirade, drawl,
exclaim, flute, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice, groan, growl,
grunt, hiss, howl, jeremiad, keen, kick, lament, lilt, low,
make an outcry, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur,
mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule,
quest, repine, roar, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shriek,
shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort,
sob, sough, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, thunder, tirade, troat,
trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, wail of woe, warble, weep,
whicker, whimper, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, wrawl, yammer,
yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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