wailful

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Adjective wailful has 1 sense

lamenting, wailing, wailful - vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
Antonym: joyful (indirect, via sorrowful)

Definitions from the Web

Definition:

Adjective

1. Full of wailing or lamentation; mournful.

2. Causing or expressing grief or sorrow; lamentable.

Examples:

1. The wailful cries of the mourners filled the air at the funeral.

2. The wailful song brought tears to her eyes.

3. The wailful news of his father's passing left him devastated.

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