1. Loud cries made while weeping
   "The baby's wailing woke up the entire household";
   - bawling

1. Vocally expressing grief, sorrow or resembling such expression
   "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind";
   - lamenting, wailful

1. Emit long, loud, high-pitched cries or howls
   "wail in self-pity";
   - howl, ululate, roar, yawl, yaup [informal]
    
2. Cry weakly or softly
   "she wailed with pain";
   - whimper, mewl, pule

Sounds like: wailed, wailing, w

Derived forms: wailings

See also: sorrowful

Type of: call, cry, crying, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], scream, shout, shout out, squall, weep, weeping, yell

Encyclopedia: Wailing