Wail

//weɪl//

Synonyms for "wail" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

howl lament bark bawl bay bell bellow blare blat blate bleat blubber boohoo boom bray breathe buzz cackle call caterwaul

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chant chirp

Verb(9 words)

ululate beweep keen afterthink begrieve bemoan besorrow bewail burst into tears

Strong matches (46)

complain coo creak crow cry cry out dolorous tirade drawl exclaim flute fuss gasp give tongue give voice groan growl grunt hiss jeremiad keen

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kick lilt low make an outcry meow mew mewl miaow moan

Verb(15 words)

condole cry cry one's eyes out deplore deprecate elegize greet grieve grieven groan howl lament mean mewl moan

Noun(2 words)

lament lamentation

Related words (77)

moo mumble murmur mutter neigh nicker outcry pant pipe plaint planctus pule quest repine roar rumble screak scream screech shriek

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Verb(16 words)

mourn pine pule repent roar shed a tear shed tears sigh sorrow squirt some wale wayment weep whimper yaup yawl

Noun(1 words)

plaint

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

11 entries

call complaint cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall weep yell

Synonyms

2 entries

howl lament

derived

6 entries

Daily Wail bewail wail on wailer wailingly widow-wail

etymologically related_to

1 entries

wale

has context

2 entries

music slang

manner of

1 entries

cry

related to

31 entries

anguish cry cry weep crying grief howl keening keening cry lament lamentation like like pail loud loud crying loudly mourning

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Translations

143 translations across 37 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

γοάω verb (to cry out)
ὀδύρομαι verb (to weep, lament)

Bikol Central

2 entries

haya verb (to cry out)
haya verb (to weep, lament)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вой noun (emergency vehicle siren)
вопъл noun (loud cry or shriek)
стон noun (loud cry or shriek)
вия verb (to make a sound like crying)

Catalan

4 entries

gemec noun (loud cry or shriek)
gemegar verb (to cry out)
lamentar-se verb (to weep, lament)
plorar verb (to weep, lament)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

哀泣 verb (to weep, lament)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

哀泣 verb (to weep, lament)
嚎啕 verb (to cry out)
號哭 /号哭 verb (to cry out)
號啕 /号啕 verb (to cry out)

Danish

4 entries

hyl noun (loud cry or shriek)
jammer noun (loud cry or shriek)
klageråb noun (loud cry or shriek)
hyle verb (to cry out)

Dutch

2 entries

kreet noun (loud cry or shriek)
schreeuw noun (loud cry or shriek)

Egyptian

1 entries

E9:W-E9:W-A2 verb (to weep, lament)

Esperanto

1 entries

vekrio noun (loud cry or shriek)

Finnish

4 entries

ulina noun (loud cry or shriek)
itkeä verb (to cry out)
itkeä verb (to weep, lament)
ulista verb (to cry out)

French

4 entries

gémissement noun (loud cry or shriek)
plainte noun (loud cry or shriek)
gémir verb (to cry out)
se lamenter verb (to weep, lament)

Galician

4 entries

laio noun (loud cry or shriek)
laiar verb (to cry out)
laiar verb (to weep, lament)
laiar verb (to make a sound like crying)

German

4 entries

Geschrei noun (a long drawn out howl)
Heulen noun (a long drawn out howl)
Heulen noun (emergency vehicle siren)
Jaulen noun (a long drawn out howl)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 verb (to weep, lament)
𐌷𐌹𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌽 verb (to cry out)

Hungarian

4 entries

fájlal verb (to grieve over)
gyászol verb (to grieve over)
jajgat verb (to cry out)
jajveszékel verb (to cry out)

Icelandic

1 entries

æpa noun (loud cry or shriek)

Ingrian

1 entries

ulissa verb (to weep, lament)

Italian

4 entries

gemito noun (loud cry or shriek)
lamento noun (loud cry or shriek)
suono di sirena noun (emergency vehicle siren)
urlo noun (loud cry or shriek)

Japanese

2 entries

うなり noun (loud cry or shriek)
泣き声 noun (loud cry or shriek)

Kazakh

1 entries

зарлау verb (to cry out)

Latin

1 entries

vagio verb (to cry out)

Latvian

1 entries

vaimana noun (loud cry or shriek)

Marathi

1 entries

गळा काढणे verb (to cry out)

Mpade

2 entries

swe verb (to cry out)
swe verb (to weep, lament)

Māori

2 entries

whakapū noun (a long drawn out howl)
whakapū verb (to make a sound like crying)

Norwegian

1 entries

jamre verb (to cry out)

Old English

1 entries

rēotan verb (to weep, lament)

Persian

4 entries

ویله noun (loud cry or shriek)
زاری کردن verb (to cry out)
ضجه زدن verb (to cry out)
گریه و زاری کردن verb (to weep, lament)

Polish

3 entries

bek noun (loud cry or shriek)
kwilić verb (to cry out)
zawodzić verb (to cry out)

Portuguese

1 entries

gemido noun (loud cry or shriek)

Russian

4 entries

вой noun (loud cry or shriek)
вопль noun (loud cry or shriek)
вытьё noun (loud cry or shriek)
стена́ния noun (loud cry or shriek)

Spanish

4 entries

gemido noun (loud cry or shriek)
gemir verb (to make a sound like crying)
lamentar verb (to cry out)
llantear verb (to cry out)

Swedish

1 entries

waila verb (to perform with great liveliness and force (slang))

Turkish

1 entries

mızmızlanmak verb (to weep, lament)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

jale marrn-ngol verb (to weep, lament)

ǃXóõ

2 entries

gǃkxʻáã verb (to cry out)
gǃkxʻáã verb (to weep, lament)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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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.

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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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