Wailing

Synonyms for wailing:

Sense 1

Blubbering.

Sense 3

cry.

Other synonyms and related words:

aching, heartbroken, wailful, bawling, Dolesome, sorrow, lugubrious, mournful, funeral, plaintive, regretful, Bemoaning, cry, sorry, sorrowful, Blubbering, agonized, Deploring, plangent.

crying (adjective)

weeping.

lamenting (adjective)

clamoring, Bemoaning, whining, Bewailing, grieving, moaning, Whimpering, crying, sobbing, mourning, weeping, Sighing, sniffling, snuffling, lamenting, Ululating, groaning.

plaintive (adjective)

doleful, lugubrious, woeful, mournful, sorrowful.

querulous (adjective)

plaintive, Deploring, whining, Bemoaning.

Sense 1 (noun)

Blubbering, cry.

cry (noun)

Blubbering, sobbing, bawling.

lament/lamentation (noun)

sorrow, moaning, grieving.

mourning (noun)

lamenting, crying, aching.

wailing (noun)

weeping, mourning, Blubbering, lamenting, wailful, bawling, Bewailing, sobbing, Whimpering, sorrowful.

blowing (verb)

puffing, drafting, roaring, raging, blustering, Ventilating, squalling, gusting, blowing, exhaling, Storming, breezing.

lamenting (verb)

moaning, Ululating, agonizing, crying, mourning, sobbing, Decrying, clamoring, longing, Bemoaning, groaning, sniffling, grieving, Whimpering, Sighing, Bewailing, lamenting, whining, snuffling, weeping.

Usage examples for wailing:

• Then the door was rapidly closed, and he heard from within the sound of weeping and wailing. - "Amos Huntingdon", T.P. Wilson.
• There was no wailing, no crying out for safety. - "Legends of Vancouver", E. Pauline Johnson.