Wail

/weɪl/

Synonyms for "wail" (161 found)

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alarm wailbawlcondemndecryhowlinstrumental wailprotestshrill wailsiren wailsobbing wailululatewind howlwind wail

Collocations

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lone wailloud wailmournful wailpiercing wailsiren wailwail of griefwail of mourningwail of sirenswailing soundwind wail

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Meanwhile a mingled murmur through the street / rolls onward – wails of anguish, shrieks of fear –, / and though my father's mansion stood secrete, / embowered in foliage, nearer and more near / peals the dire clang of arms, and loud and clear, / borne on fierce echoes that in tumult blend, / war-shout and wail come thickening on the ear.

Source: tatoeba (6816885)

Please don't wail like that, you'll make the neighbours think there's been a death in the family.

Source: tatoeba (8683078)

You can cry and wail all you like, no one is going to hear you.

Source: tatoeba (8683081)

Brenda let out a loud wail at the sight of her dead daughter.

Source: tatoeba (8683085)

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