wail
verb (used without object)
to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering.
wailer
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a word derived from
wail.
Example Sentences
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All that was left was to see if this leonine wailer could get on board with the direction Page wanted to go.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2018
Tyler, though, is partial to chipper lite-funk synthesizers, and he rescues the song — a Billboard No. 1 hit — from its self-seriousness, turning Mr. Malik from a sleepy-eyed seducer to an ecstatic wailer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2016
For many Nixon-haters, he is the character Rip Torn excoriated in Blind Ambition, or the mad wailer incarnated by Philip Baker Hall in Robert Altman’s Secret Honor.
From Time ● Aug. 9, 2014
LaVette the soul wailer singing oldies-but-goodies by the Beatles?
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2010
The "wailer" is a functionary in a Russian village.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
