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Dictionary Definition of wail
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wail verb (i) 1. to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: the child wailed when he fell over. 2. to sound mournfully, as music, the wind, etc. 3. to lament or mourn bitterly. -- verb (t) 4. to wail over; bewail; lament: to wail the dead. 5. to cry or say in lamentation. -- noun 6. the act of wailing. 7. a wailing cry, as of grief, pain, etc. 8. any similar mournful sound: the wail of an old tune. [ME weile, from Scandinavian; cf. Icel. væla wail, from væ, var. of vei woe] -- wailer, noun -- wailingly, adverb |
