Dictionary Entry
wail
wail is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To choose; to select. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To choose; to select.
- 2transitive verb
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
- 3intransitive verb
To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
- 4noun
Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
- 5noun
a cry of sorrow and grief
"their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
Synonyms
- 6verb
cry weakly or softly
"she wailed with pain"
- 7verb
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"
"howl with sorrow"
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