Wail

WAIL, to mourn with loud and violent expressions of distress and despair. Eze 32:18.

WAIL, to mourn with loud and violent expressions of distress and despair. Eze 32:18.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8.