Definitions For Wailing

noun

  • Loud cries made while weeping
  • A long cry of sadness or pain
  • A long, high sound

adjective

  • Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

verb

  • To make a loud, long cry of sadness or pain
  • To make a long, high sound
  • To complain in a loud voice

Is Wailing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14

The word Wailing is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Wailing in a Sentence

  • The child started wailing after she stumbled and fell.
  • A saxophone wailed in the background.
  • “No! I don't want to go!” he wailed.
  • The wail of a siren
  • A prolonged wail arose from every corner of the city as the victims of the earthquake were unearthed from the rubble

Synonyms for Wailing

Antonyms for Wailing

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