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English Dictionary: wailful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wailful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wailful adj vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare Synonym(s): lamenting, wailing, wailful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wailful \Wail"ful\, a. Sorrowful; mournful. [bd] Like wailful widows.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Wailful sonnets.[b8] --Shak.