wails
Long, anguished sounds
Wails are long, high-pitched cries of grief, pain, or distress: The wails of mourners filled the room.
To wail is to produce such sounds—humans wail in anguish, sirens wail through city streets, wind wails through cracks.
The word suggests sustained, mournful sound rather than sharp outcry.
The baby wailed for hours.
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
anguish · suffering · torment · agony · misery · woe · desolation · despair
Convulsive crying aloud
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- tearsViolent pulls apart
- bawlingCrying noisily and hard
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
whimpering · sniveling · moaning · blubbering · screaming · shrieking · yowling · keening
Severe atmospheric disturbance
- galeSevere sustained wind
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- gustingBlowing in sudden bursts
- blowingMoving air forcefully
whistling · roaring · moaning · battering · tempest · hurricane · blizzard · chimney
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
loss · anguish · suffering · torment · agony · misery · woe · desolation · despair · melancholy
sobbing
Convulsive crying aloud
howling · whimpering · sniveling · moaning · blubbering · screaming · shrieking · yowling · keening · lamentation
storm
Severe atmospheric disturbance
blowing · whistling · roaring · moaning · battering · tempest · hurricane · blizzard · chimney · eaves
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
alarm · warning · alert · blaring · piercing · shrill · approaching · distant · doppler · screaming
blues
Mournful American music genre
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
vocal · singer · melody · note · sustained · bending · vibrato · soulful · mournful · haunting
- 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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