Wails Synonyms and Antonyms

Emit long loud cries
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ululates
  2. yowls
  3. roars
  4. howls
  5. moans
  6. bays
To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. weeps
  2. laments
  3. yowls
  4. sobs
  5. cries
  6. keens
  7. howls
  8. yells
  9. whines
  10. whimpers
  11. undulates
  12. ululates
  13. blubbers
  14. pules
  15. bawls
  16. moans
  17. fusses
  18. deplores
  19. complains
  20. caterwauls
  21. bemoans
Cry weakly or softly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. whimpers
  2. pules
  3. yowls
  4. howls
  5. bawls
Antonyms:
  1. whimpers
A long, mournful cry
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ululations
  2. plaints
  3. yowls
  4. moans
  5. howls
  6. lamentations
  7. bays
To make a long, loud, high-pitched cry, as in grief, sorrow, or fear.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cries

Wails Sentence Examples

  • One night I saw a crowd on a street and heard piteous wails.

  • The great temple of Karnak was largely built by him; most of the remaining chambers are his, including the beautiful botanical waIls showing foreign plants.

  • Their mournful wails float through the branches in the vein Edgar Allen Poe.

  • Even now the lamenters who are expert in song make ululating wails over me !