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The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.
David Mallet

Meaning of "wailing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WAILING

wailing  [ˈweɪlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAILING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wailing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WAILING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wailing in the English dictionary

The definition of wailing in the dictionary is prolonged high-pitched cries, as of grief or misery. Other definition of wailing is prolonged high-pitched sounds.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAILING


ailing
ˈeɪlɪŋ
antiwhaling
ˌæntɪˈweɪlɪŋ
bewailing
bɪˈweɪlɪŋ
countervailing
ˈkaʊntəveɪlɪŋ
failing
ˈfeɪlɪŋ
grayling
ˈɡreɪlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
paling
ˈpeɪlɪŋ
parasailing
ˈpærəˌseɪlɪŋ
prevailing
prɪˈveɪlɪŋ
railing
ˈreɪlɪŋ
retailing
ˈriːteɪlɪŋ
sailing
ˈseɪlɪŋ
tailing
ˈteɪlɪŋ
trailing
ˈtreɪlɪŋ
unfailing
ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋ
unveiling
ʌnˈveɪlɪŋ
veiling
ˈveɪlɪŋ
whaling
ˈweɪlɪŋ
wholesaling
ˈhəʊlseɪlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAILING

waifish
waiflike
waift
Waikaremoana
Waikato
Waikiki
wail
wailer
wailful
wailfully
Wailing Wall
wailingly
wailsome
wain
wainage
wainscot
wainscoting
wainscotting
wainwright
wair

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAILING

beguiling
boiling
broiling
calling
ceiling
criminal profiling
Darjiling
filing
glass ceiling
hypermiling
mass mailing
piling
plain sailing
profiling
racial profiling
roiling
service ceiling
smiling
stockpiling
tiling
unsmiling

Synonyms and antonyms of wailing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WAILING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wailing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wailing
bawl · bemoan · bewail · cry · deplore · greet · grieve · howl · keen · lament · lamentation · moan · roar · scream · screech · shriek · sob · ululate · ululation · weep · weeping · whine · yell · yelp · yowl

Translation of «wailing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAILING

Find out the translation of wailing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wailing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wailing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lamentos
570 millions of speakers

English

wailing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نحيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плач
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gemendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাহাকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gémissements
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menangis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jammern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

嘆き悲しむ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통곡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nangis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự than van
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புலம்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विलाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağlayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lamenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θρήνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gekerm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wailing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jammer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wailing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAILING»

The term «wailing» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAILING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wailing

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4 QUOTES WITH «WAILING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wailing.
1
Hamlin Garland
Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.
2
David Mallet
The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.
3
Russell Smith
Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us tend to be the most non-private people you know? The people launching petitions and wailing about Big Brother and data collection are most likely to be the most constant self-presenters.
4
Hunter Tylo
I was moaning and grieving as if I lost one of my own children. It was probably one of the most real feelings I ever had on the show. I was just sitting there wailing with no lines. I was beat after that storyline.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAILING»

Discover the use of wailing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wailing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Wailing Asteroid
Hours later, to the ears of a helpless world, the second message came...Earth's days were numbered! Murray Leinster's horrifying epic of science fiction is still a thrilling read, 50 years after its original publication!
Murray Leinster, 2014
2
The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers: Wailing Blues
The Wailers played with Marley on all of the hit singles and albums that made him a legend, yet their story since his death is a little-known saga of betrayal, greed and murder that is told for the first time.
John Masouri, 2010
3
Wailing Blues - The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers
This full-blooded story of The Wailers puts the life, music and death of the legendary Bob Marley into a razor-sharp new perspective.
John Masouri, 2009
4
The Wailing Wind
But the questions raised by this second Golden Calf murder aren't answered until Leaphorn solves the puzzle left by the first one and discovers what the young trespassers heard in the wailing wind.
Tony Hillerman, 2009
5
Wailing Rock
Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Facts, Pocket Tales and Pocket Sci-Fi making up the rest of the collection of independent readers.
Damian Harvey, 2005
6
Hardy Boys 30: The Wailing Siren Mystery
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Franklin W. Dixon, 1951
7
The Wailing Octopus
On a skin-diving vacation in the Virgin Islands, Rick and Scotty stumble across deadly spies. A thrilling science-adventure! (Volume 11 in the Rick Brant series.)
John Blaine, 2010
8
Wailing for Love
This banshee’s ready to take this job and shove it.
Beverly Rae, 2008
9
The Wailing Winds of Juneau Abbey
When Abigail Whitaker inherits the Alaskan settlement of her eccentric uncle, she is ill-prepared to face her uncle's unpaid debts, his eerily cold house, and the lustful looks of the rugged gold miner who had worked for her uncle
Peggy Darty, 1990
10
The Wailing Siren Mystery
Their SOS ignored in a storm, the Hardy boys find a wallet containing two thousand dollars alongside their boat and are launched into a mystery involving diverse clues.
Franklin W. Dixon, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAILING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wailing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wailing women want Tasmac shops shifted
Members of the All India Democratic Women's Association on Monday laid siege to two Tasmac retail outlets in Tirupparankundram demanding their shifting as ... «The Hindu, Aug 15»
2
'A Wailing of a Town' paints a vivid picture of San Pedro's punk scene
In "A Wailing of a Town," the latest addition to this populist discourse, San Pedro artist and musician Craig Ibarra interviews the bands and partisans that made ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Grimsley Hebrew teacher heading to Israel with letters for the …
The Wailing Wall, where people tuck notes to God in the cracks and crevices, is one of the holiest sites in the Middle East. She has not touched the ground there ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
4
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones visit Jerusalem's …
Michael and Catherine,45, who confirmed their reconciliation last year after a temporary separation with a trip to Israel with their children, visited the Wailing Wall ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Literary insights - 7: Wailing Ghosts
Written in the late 17th century during the early part of the Qing Dynasty, 'Wailing Ghosts' is a collection of miniature supernatural tales taken from one of the ... «CampaignLive, May 15»
6
ODM: State mistaking the wailing of mourning Kenyans for songs
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Thursday said Kenyans were concerned with the unending slaughter of innocent people by criminals and told President ... «The Standard Digital News, May 15»
7
Lebanon's Saad Hariri slams Nasrallah speech as 'wailing and crying'
Hariri said the speech was "wailing and crying" and that it would not impact Yemeni-Saudi ties. In the speech, Nasrallah had said the only threat to the sacred ... «Al-Arabiya, Apr 15»
8
German court stops anti-Israel 'Cologne Wailing Wall' exhibit
The official name of his protest is “Peace Demonstration,” but the exhibit has been termed the “Cologne Wailing Wall” to draw attention to Israeli policies. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Apr 15»
9
The Shock We Encountered at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall
Over a period of 10 days, our team at Cooke Pictures was filming around Israel for the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. Led by the museum's president ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
10
PCSO Jonathan Hall
“When challenged, the parent will be become an angry creature, wailing and hissing their annoyance at being challenged over their dangerous parking. «Wisbech Standard, Feb 15»

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