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WAILFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wailful mean?
• WAILFUL (adjective)
The adjective WAILFUL has 1 sense:
1. vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
Familiarity information: WAILFUL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
Synonyms:
Context example:
tangle her desires with wailful sonnets
Similar:
sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)
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