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1. wailing
noun. ['ˈweɪlɪŋ'] loud cries made while weeping.
Etymology
- -ing (English)
- -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wail (English)
Rhymes with Wailing
- unavailing
- prevailing
- unveiling
- unfailing
- surveilling
- regaling
- inhaling
- impaling
- entailing
- detailing
- derailing
- curtailing
- whaling
- trailing
- scaling
- grayling
- flailing
- emailing
- assailing
- veiling
- tailing
- saling
- sailing
- railing
- nailing
- mailing
- jailing
- hailing
- failing
- baling
Sentences with wailing
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
If potatoes could speak, they’d be wailing in indignation at being so misunderstood.
Quotes about wailing
1. A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,cut holes in it, and called it a human being.Since then, it's been wailing a tender agonyof parting, never mentioning the skillthat gave it life as a flute
- Rumi
2. wailing
adjective. ['ˈweɪlɪŋ'] vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ing (English)
- -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wail (English)
