wailing

Words with a similar base: wailing

'wailing'

[wailing.n.01] as in: loud cries made while weeping

'wailing'

[howl.v.01] as in: emit long loud cries

Examples:
wail in self-pity
howl with sorrow

'wailing'

[wail.v.02] as in: cry weakly or softly

Examples:
she wailed with pain

'wailing'

[lamenting.s.01] as in: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; ; ; ; ; - Shakespeare

Examples:
lamenting sinners
wailing mourners
the wailing wind
wailful bagpipes
tangle her desires with wailful sonnets

Origins

					wailing (English)
├── -ing (English)
│   ├── -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -ing (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -inge (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── wail (English)

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