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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear. synonym: cry.
- intransitive verb To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound suggestive of a cry.
- intransitive verb To lament over; bewail.
- noun A long, loud, high-pitched cry, as of grief or pain.
- noun A long, loud, high-pitched sound.
- noun A loud, bitter protest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To express sorrow by a mournful inarticulate vocal sound; lament; moan; cry plaintively.
- To grieve over; lament; bemoan; bewail.
- See
wale . - noun The act of lamenting aloud; wailing; a moan; a plaintive cry or sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To choose; to select.
- intransitive verb To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
- noun Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
- transitive verb To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A prolonged
cry , usually high-pitched, especially as ofgrief oranguish . - noun Any similar sound as of
lamentation ; ahowl . - verb To
cry out, as insorrow oranguish . - verb To
weep ,lament persistently or bitterly. - verb To make a noise like
mourning or crying. - verb slang (
music ) To perform, express emotion in an exceptionally exciting way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cry of sorrow and grief
- verb emit long loud cries
- verb cry weakly or softly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Allusions to Antiguan slave trading and the cultural and economic imperialism that have enriched the Bertram clan are made explicit in Patricia Rozema's 1999 film — largely in the opening and the closing credit sequence, which feature African singers in a kind of wail from the sea.
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Allusions to Antiguan slave trading and the cultural and economic imperialism that have enriched the Bertram clan are made explicit in Patricia Rozema's 1999 film — largely in the opening and the closing credit sequence, which feature African singers in a kind of wail from the sea.
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While it won't exactly match the classic high-pitched wail from the show, the producer says Gordon-Levitt will leave his own vocal stamp on Cobra Commander.
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Their every impulse, from their very first wail, is to dominate, and by dominating, compel us to become their servants in turn.
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Chalmers “wales” a psalm, in every sense of the word wail, to the most doleful of dismal tunes; they read a chapter round, and he prays.
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I can't quite describe the level of annoyance that the bald business guru brings to a room of gentle drinkers, trying to enjoy themselves while the rest of the populace is at work, but a sudden wail from a man in the far corner, similar to that of a small dog yanked forcefully by the tail, alerts everyone that something is terribly wrong.
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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To wail is to (1) express sorrow audibly (Lament); (2) to make a soundsuggestive of a mournful cry; (3) to express dissatisfaction plaintively: tocomplain.
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We were interrupted in our reflections by a wail from the Russian courier who found himself in a curious dilemma.
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Her potatoes spilled over the deck, while a wail from the front of the boat announced that one of the babies had bumped, too.
The Belgian Twins 1917
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She's run away, said Jeanie, afraid not to be believed – and then the commotion was increased by a wail from the mother, who sank in a state of collapse into her large chair, and by the rush of Marg'ret from the kitchen, who perceiving what had happened flew to give the necessary help.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
Related Words
synonyms (114)
Words with the same meaning
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bell
- bellow
- bewail
- blare
- blat
- blate
- bleat
- blubber
- boohoo
- boom
- bray
- breathe
- buzz
- cackle
- call
- caterwaul
- chant
- chirp
- choose
- 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
- select
- 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
- wailing
- warble
- weep
- whicker
- whimper
- whine
- whinny
- whisper
- whistle
- wrawl
- yammer
- yap
- yawl
- yawp
- yell
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
same context (17)
Words that are found in similar contexts
cross-references (1)
Cross-references
rhymes (83)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Bayle
- Braille
- Dail
- Dale
- Gael
- Gail
- Galle
- Gayle
- Hale
- Jarrell
- Male
- Mikhail
- Quayle
- Sale
- Yale
- ail
- ale
- assail
- avail
- bail
- baile
- bale
- braille
- cail
- cale
- calle
- carrell
- crail
- curtail
- dail
- dale
- derail
- detail
- entail
- exhale
- fail
- faile
- flail
- frail
- gale
- grail
- hail
- hale
- impale
- inhale
- jail
- kail
- kale
- maile
- male
- nail
- nale
- pail
- pale
- prevail
- quail
- quale
- rafale
- rail
- rayle
- reil
- sail
- sale
- salle
- sayle
- scale
- shale
- smale
- snail
- stale
- surveil
- tail
- tale
- trail
- travail
- unveil
- vail
- vale
- veil
- wale
- whale
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