wail
A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguishA prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
» Tom wailed in pain.
Meaning
3 sensesA prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
She let out a loud, doleful wail.
Schrei, Schmerzensschrei, Klagelaut
войvoj, вопльvoplʹ, вытьёvytʹjó
a cry of sorrow and grief
Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
A bird's wail in the night.
Heulen, Jaulen, Schrei
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
Heulen
Examples
34 sentencesTom wailed in pain.
This wailing needs to stop immediately.
ruЭти вопли должны немедленно прекратиться! — marafon
His mother wailed over his death.
The baby wailed because it was hungry.
ruГрудничок хныкал от голода. — Ooneykcall
deDas Baby heulte vor Hunger. — Yorwba
She does nothing but wail all day.
deSie tut nichts, als den ganzen Tag zu heulen. — Waldelfe
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to waic. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.
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Forms
plural: wailsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a cry of sorrow and grief:lamentlamentationplaint