ululated
Cried with wavering
Ululated is the past tense of ululate, meaning to produce a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound—typically as an expression of grief, celebration, or ritual.
The sound is made by rapid movement of the tongue or fluctuation of the voice: Mourners ululated as the coffin passed.
Common in Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian cultures at weddings, funerals, and ceremonies.
Passionate expression of grief
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
sorrow · bereavement · anguish · funeral · elegy · plaintive · heartache · mourning
Prolonged mournful cry
- cryVocal expression of emotion
- howlProlonged mournful cry
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- yellSpeak very loudly
trill · warble · quaver · vibrato · undulating · wavering · sustained · piercing
lamentation
Passionate expression of grief
dirge · sorrow · bereavement · anguish · funeral · elegy · plaintive · heartache · mourning · melancholy
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
yell · trill · warble · quaver · vibrato · undulating · wavering · sustained · piercing · high-pitched
visceral
Arising from deep instinct
- catharticEmotionally releasing, relieving
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- rawIn original state
elemental · untamed · tribal · ancestral · ritual · feral · ancient · guttural · involuntary · innate
jubilation
Intense, expressive happiness
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- exultationIntense triumphant joy
- rejoicingFeeling or showing triumph
festive · elation · victory · fanfare · joyous · euphoria · merriment · ovation · applause · acclaim