wailful
[adjective]
Synonyms: melancholy, doleful, dolesome, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, rueful, sorrowful, woeful

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wailful adjective. ['weɪlfʊl, -f(ǝ)l] Chiefly poet. M16.
[from WAIL noun + -FUL.]
1. Having the character of or resembling a wail; expressive of pain, grief, etc.; high-pitched and plaintive. M16.

2. That is to be bewailed, lamentable. M16-E17.

3. Full of lamentation, sorrowful; transf. producing a mournful sound like a person wailing. L16.

■ wailfully adverb E17.

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