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"wail in self-pity"verbemit long loud cries
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nouna cry of sorrow and grief
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"she wailed with pain"verbcry weakly or softly
Definition that contains wail
- siren an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
- siren a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
- keen a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
- niobe (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
- banshee (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
- skirl make a shrill, wailing sound
- banshie (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
- temple of jerusalem any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
- temple of solomon any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
- limpkin wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call