wailed
Mourned with sound
Wailed is the past tense of wail, meaning to cry out loudly in grief, pain, or distress.
The sound is prolonged and mournful, like a lament: She wailed when she heard the news.
Sirens and winds can also be said to have wailed when they produce a similar sustained, high-pitched sound.
The word suggests raw, unrestrained emotion rather than quiet weeping.
Wept audibly and convulsively
- keenedWailed in sorrow
- mournedExpressed sorrow for deceased
- lamentedExpressed grief vocally
- grievedFelt deep sorrow
wept · cried · bawled · howled · moaned · whimpered · ululated · blubbered
Cried out sharply
- screamedUttered a piercing cry
- howledUttered prolonged cry
- criedWept or shouted
- yowledUttered a loud cry
moaned · groaned · keened · ululated · caterwauled · piercing · shrill · plaintive
Mournful commemorative music
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- threnodyMemorial song of grief
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
plaint · funeral · eulogy · requiem · mourning · bereavement · memorial · remembrance
sobbed
Wept audibly and convulsively
grieved · wept · cried · bawled · howled · moaned · whimpered · ululated · blubbered · sniveled
shrieked
Cried out sharply
yowled · moaned · groaned · keened · ululated · caterwauled · piercing · shrill · plaintive · mournful
dirge
Mournful commemorative music
lamentation · plaint · funeral · eulogy · requiem · mourning · bereavement · memorial · remembrance · wake
blared
Emitted harsh, loud sound
police · fire truck · alert · warning · screaming · droning · approaching · distant · urban · nocturnal
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
- bluesMournful American music genre
jazz · bent notes · feedback · distortion · tremolo · vibrato · sustain · melodic · soulful · expressive
- 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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