🔄 Synonyms of "Wail"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lamentnoun | (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. |
| mewlnoun | To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. |
| pulenoun | (intransitive) To whimper or whine. |
| whimpernoun | To cry or sob softly and intermittently. |
| howlnoun | To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. |
| ululateverb | To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy. |
| lamentationnoun | The act of lamenting. |
| plaintnoun | A complaint. |
| roarnoun | Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise. |
| yawlnoun | A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wail"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mewlnoun | To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. |
| whimpernoun | To cry or sob softly and intermittently. |
| pulenoun | (intransitive) To whimper or whine. |
| plaintnoun | A complaint. |
| ululateverb | To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy. |
| howlnoun | To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. |
| roarnoun | Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise. |
| lamentationnoun | The act of lamenting. |
| lamentnoun | (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. |
| yawlnoun | A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post. |
| keenverb | (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. |
| barriernoun | A structure that bars passage. |
| fencenoun | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| wallnoun | A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. |
| bermnoun | A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. |
| breakwallnoun | A wall, typically built outside of a harbour, that diminishes damage due to battering by the waves. |
| waulnoun | To wail, to cry plaintively. |
| bawlnoun | A loud, intense shouting or wailing. |
| wawlnoun | Alternative form of waul. [To wail, to cry plaintively.] |
| whinenoun | A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound. |
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