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wailing 音標拼音: [w'elɪŋ] wailing adj 1: 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 [ synonym: { lamenting}, { wailing}, { wailful}] n 1: loud cries made while weeping [ synonym: { wailing}, { bawling}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for " wailing": acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing, blatant, creaky, crying, ear- piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient, penetrating, piercing, piping, puling, reedy, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, ululation, whining, whistling
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