simple past tense and past participle of wail

plural of wailing

Obsolete spelling of wail

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waile

(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.

A surname.

(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. / (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly. / (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.

A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. / Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.

(obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)

(slang) Alternative form of whale on