- wailful
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adjective
Date: 1544
1. uttering a sound suggestive of wailing
2. expressing grief or pain ; sorrowful, mournful <a wailful cry> • wailfully adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wailful
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Wailful — Wail ful, a. Sorrowful; mournful. Like wailful widows. Spenser. Wailful sonnets. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wailful — index querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wailful — [wālfəl] adj. 1. wailing; sorrowful 2. like, or giving forth, a wail or cry of sorrow wailfully adv … English World dictionary
wailful — adjective vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression (Freq. 1) lamenting sinners wailing mourners the wailing wind wailful bagpipes tangle her desires with wailful sonnets Shakespeare • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wailful — wailfully, adv. /wayl feuhl/, adj. mournful; plaintive. [1535 45; WAIL + FUL] * * * … Universalium
wailful — adj. mournful, sorrowful, lamenting … English contemporary dictionary
wailful — wail·ful … English syllables
wailful — wail•ful [[t]ˈweɪl fəl[/t]] adj. mournful; plaintive • Etymology: 1535–45 … From formal English to slang
wailful — /ˈweɪlfəl/ (say waylfuhl) adjective mournful; plaintive. –wailfully, adverb …
lamenting — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑wailing, ↑wail … Useful english dictionary
