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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 expressionplay

  Familiarity information: WAILFUL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WAILFUL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Synonyms:

lamenting; wailful; wailing

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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