Wailed Synonyms and Antonyms

To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. yowled
  2. ululated
  3. moaned
  4. howled
  5. bayed
Emit long loud cries
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wept
  2. lamented
  3. yowled
  4. howled
  5. sobbed
  6. ululated
  7. cried
  8. keened
  9. roared
  10. yelled
  11. whined
  12. whimpered
  13. undulated
  14. blubbered
  15. puled
  16. moaned
  17. bawled
  18. fussed
  19. deplored
  20. complained
  21. bemoaned
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Cry weakly or softly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. whimpered
  2. puled
  3. yowled
  4. howled
  5. bawled
Antonyms:
  1. whimpered
To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cried

Wailed Sentence Examples

  • Old fellow!... wailed Nicholas.

  • An hour before dawn, the alarms wailed.

  • What did you do to get wailed?

  • Somewhere a few blocks away, an ambulance wailed.

  • I squirmed and screamed and begged and wailed my head off and told them I hated them but nothing helped.

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