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"Wail" Definition

noun

A long, loud, high-pitched cry, as of grief or pain.
A long, loud, high-pitched sound: the wail of a siren.
A loud, bitter protest: A wail of misery went up when new parking restrictions were announced.
The act or practice of loud lamentation.
A usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain.

verb-transitive

Archaic To lament over; bewail.

verb-intransitive

To grieve or protest loudly and bitterly; lament. See Synonyms at cry.
To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound suggestive of a cry: The wind wailed through the trees.

verb

To express sorrow audibly.
To make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry.
To express dissatisfaction plaintively.
To say or express plaintively.

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