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Synonyms for wailing
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : weyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for wailing Other synonyms for the word wailing
Définition of wailing
Origin :- c.1400; see wail (v.).
- noun cry
- As I was coming by the river I heard them weeping and wailing.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- The sounds were those of females, and were thrillingly soft and wailing.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Sad and mournful are thy ways, Grieving, wailing, Autumn days!
- Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
- When she departed there was weeping, and wailing, and waiting.
- Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
- And there was noise—the noise of words and of wailing Indian music.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- The women were all screaming, wailing, weeping and fainting.
- Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- And the misery and wailing and dismay he found there were worse than his anticipations.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Then the black women fell to weeping and wailing, and after that to spiritual conflict.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- The wailing clang of the boiler went out over the whole town.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- The wind was up 314 with its wailing and its snarls and shrieks.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
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