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wailing
| Main Entry: |
wailing
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tear*, tears, the blues, weep, weeping, whimpering, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lament/lamentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grief, complaint |
| Synonyms: | complaining, dirge, elegy, grieving, jeremiad, keen, keening, lament, moan, moaning, mourning, plaint, requiem, sob, sobbing, sorrow, tears, threnody, ululation, wail, wailing, weeping |
| Antonyms: | celebration, enjoyment, praise |
| Main Entry: | mourning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sadness, time of sadness |
| Synonyms: | aching, bereavement, blackness, crying, darkness, grief, grieving, keening, lamentation, lamenting, languishing, moaning, pining, repining, sorrowing, wailing, weeping, woe |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | tear/tears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droplets from eyes, often caused by emotion |
| Synonyms: | blubbering, crying, discharge, distress, drops, grieving, lachryma, lamentation, lamenting, moisture, mourning, pain, regret, sadness, sob, sob act, sobbing, sorrow, teardrop, wailing, water, waterworks, weep, weeping, weeps, whimpering, woe |
| Main Entry: | bawling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bellowing, blubbering, crying, groan, lament, lamentation, plaint, sobbing, wailing, weeping |
| Main Entry: | blubbering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawling, hollering, sobbing, wailing, weeping |
| Main Entry: | sobbing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sorrowing, tear*, tears, the blues, wailing, weep, weeping, whimpering, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | howl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, painful cry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl |
| Main Entry: | shriek |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | high-pitched scream |
| Synonyms: | blare, cry, howl, screech, shout, shrill, squawk, squeal, wail, whoop, yell |
| Antonyms: | peep |
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