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Meaning of 'wailful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wailful [ a.]
- Sorrowful; mournful.

Meaning of 'wailful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wailful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
Example in sentence:
  • lamenting sinners;
  • tangle her desires with wailful sonnets;
  • the wailing wind;
  • wailful bagpipes;
  • wailing mourners

Nearby Words:

waid waif waift wail wailed wailer waileress wailing wailingly wailment

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