Meaning

1 senses
  1. (poetic)Sorrowful; mournful.

More definitions
  • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Origin

From wail + -ful.

From wail + -ful.

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Forms

more wailful, most wailful
Comparativemore wailful Lesson
Superlativemost wailful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression:lamentingwailing

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwailfully

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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