wail
Long, anguished sound
Wail is a prolonged, high-pitched cry of grief, pain, or distress: The wail of mourners filled the room.
Sirens and wind can wail—any sustained, mournful sound qualifies.
To wail is to make such a sound: The baby wailed through the night.
In slang, to wail on something is to play music with intense energy, or to strike repeatedly.
Convulsive weeping
- weepShed tears emotionally
- bawlCry noisily and hard
- howlProlonged mournful cry
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
lament · moan · whimper · cry · shriek · scream · yowl · squall
Mournful expression of grief
- mourningPeriod following loss
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- dirgeMournful commemorative music
- bereavementState following loss
sorrow · anguish · lamentation · heartbreak · despair · agony · torment · suffering
Prolonged mournful cry
- moanLow vocal complaint
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
shriek · gust · storm · gale · banshee · eerie · ghostly · sough
sob
Convulsive weeping
keen · lament · moan · whimper · cry · shriek · scream · yowl · squall · ululate
lament
Mournful expression of grief
bereavement · sorrow · anguish · lamentation · heartbreak · despair · agony · torment · suffering · misery
howl
Prolonged mournful cry
keen · shriek · gust · storm · gale · banshee · eerie · ghostly · sough · tempest
alarm
Urgent warning signal
firetruck · warning · alert · tornado · klaxon · blare · screech · signal · horn · shriek
blues
Mournful American music genre
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
vocal · melisma · vibrato · belt · croon · torch song · fado · flamenco · sustain
- annoying soundsscreech, teeth grinding, grinding, squeak, squeaky door
- criescry, scream, shout, yell, shriek
- cryingcry, crying, tears, sob, sobbing
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- harsh soundsscreech, shriek, squawk, squeal, grate
- high-pitched soundssqueak, squeal, shriek, screech, shrill
- bob marley and the wailers
- weeping and wailing
- wail onAttack with repeated blows
- banshee wailSupernatural mourning shriek
- Wailing WallSacred Temple remnant
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