wailfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪlf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈweɪlfəl/

Etymology: < wail n. + -ful suffix.

Chiefly poetic.

1. Of cries, complaints, speeches: Having the character of a wail, expressive of grievous pain or sorrow. Of sounds: Resembling a wail, plaintive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing > characterized by or resembling

wailful1544

wailinga1577

bewailful1592

plangorous1593

1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. clxiii. sig. H vj Suche owtecryes and waylefull lamentation of women.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. sig. Hh8^v Zelmane, whose harte better delighted in wailefull ditties.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 69 You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires By walefull Sonnets.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 105 A voice not shreeking or displeasing, but moaning and wailefull.

c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies iv. 28 Then..Shall..Innocence indulge a wailful cry.

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 283 Her maids sang tirannas with a wailful monotony that wore my very soul out.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xiv. 140 The wailful sweetness of the violin Floats down the hushéd waters of the wind.

1906 Sat. Rev. 24 Mar. 361/1 Everyone..was indulging in the vociferous brogue and wailful Irish melody.

a. Full of lamentation, sorrowful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]

carefulOE

charyOE

mourningOE

sorrowingOE

sorryOE

balec1220

heavy?c1225

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

sorrowful?c1225

dolefulc1275

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

lamentable?a1475

plaining?c1475

dolent1490

lamentatious1532

troublous1535

plaintfula1542

dirge-like1561

yearnfula1566

waymenting1573

mestive1575

lamentatory1576

mestful1577

wailful1579

lamentinga1586

weepy1602

deplorative1610

deploringa1616

gement1656

condolent1691

dirgeful1793

dirgy1830

lamentful1876

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 82 Thy Ewes..Like wailefull widdowes hangen their crags.

a1763 W. Shenstone Love & Honour 21 She, she alone, amid the wailful train Of captive maids, assigned to Henry's care.

1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead i. 176 Then must he not regard the wailful ghosts.

1857 G. Meredith Farina 2 A wailful host were the wives of his raftsmen widowed there by her watery music!

b. transferred. Of animals or inanimate things: Producing plaintive sounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that howls or whines

whining15..

yowlingc1590

plainful1598

whimpering1598

howlinga1605

whinging1720

wailful1818

ululating1894

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] > howl, wail, or whine

wailinga1577

howlinga1605

wailful1818

honing1837

wailsome1891

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 24 A wailful gnat.

1820 J. Keats To Autumn iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 139 Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn.

1872 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede I. xii. 176 A wailful wind made one moaning sweep through the trees.

1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 157 The tremulous Ever-wailful trees bemoaning him.

1894 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche (rev. ed.) xvi. 93 Or e'er he join'd his wailful flock.

†3. Of mournful aspect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > [adjective] > of sorrowful appearance

sada1375

wailful1558

woebegone1745

woebegonish1826

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. T.iiij This dolefull dame vpstertes, with waylful wynges [L. fuscis..alis].

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Eiij^v With wailful weeds I clad my corps.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 56/2 in Chron. I They fearing punishment..with wailefull countenance craued mercy.

†4. That is to be bewailed, lamentable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable

ruefulc1225

pietousa1393

weepablec1449

pitifulc1450

lamentablec1460

pitiablec1475

implorable1535

moanworthy1540

wailfula1547

wailsome1566

tristsum1567

moanful1573

souspirable1594

bemoanable1611

bewailable1611

deplorable1612

criminal1792

a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 94 That never felt the waylfull wrongs that mortall folke receve.

a1547 Earl of Surrey Æneid ii. 6 The Phrygian wealth, and wailful realm [L. lamentabile regnum] of Troy.

1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta i. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Kiv I must to thee recompte The wailefull thing that is alredy spred.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 4^v Who know my cares, who wist my wailefull woe.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff4^v Farre better I it deeme to die with speed, Then waste in woe and waylfull miserye.

c1620 N. Breton C'tess Penbrooke's Love (Grosart) 5/2 But if these wept to see his waylefull case: Why dye not I to thinke on his disgrace?

Derivatives

ˈwailfully adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adverb] > wailingly

wailfully1611

wailingly1836

bewailingly1862

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Doloureusement, dolourously; heavily, sorrowfully, wailefully, most wofully.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. 217 The glass did not say so, but the shrunken heart within him did, and wailfully too.

1904 J. C. Snaith Broke of Covenden 285 No voice crying in the wilderness can sound more wailfully to human ears.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wailful
释义	wailfuladj. Brit. /ˈweɪlf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈweɪlfəl/ Etymology: < wail n. + -ful suffix. Chiefly poetic. 1. Of cries, complaints, speeches: Having the character of a wail, expressive of grievous pain or sorrow. Of sounds: Resembling a wail, plaintive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing > characterized by or resembling wailful1544 wailinga1577 bewailful1592 plangorous1593 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. clxiii. sig. H vj Suche owtecryes and waylefull lamentation of women. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. sig. Hh8^v Zelmane, whose harte better delighted in wailefull ditties. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 69 You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires By walefull Sonnets. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 105 A voice not shreeking or displeasing, but moaning and wailefull. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies iv. 28 Then..Shall..Innocence indulge a wailful cry. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 283 Her maids sang tirannas with a wailful monotony that wore my very soul out. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xiv. 140 The wailful sweetness of the violin Floats down the hushéd waters of the wind. 1906 Sat. Rev. 24 Mar. 361/1 Everyone..was indulging in the vociferous brogue and wailful Irish melody. 2. a. Full of lamentation, sorrowful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] carefulOE charyOE mourningOE sorrowingOE sorryOE balec1220 heavy?c1225 ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 sorrowful?c1225 dolefulc1275 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 lamentable?a1475 plaining?c1475 dolent1490 lamentatious1532 troublous1535 plaintfula1542 dirge-like1561 yearnfula1566 waymenting1573 mestive1575 lamentatory1576 mestful1577 wailful1579 lamentinga1586 weepy1602 deplorative1610 deploringa1616 gement1656 condolent1691 dirgeful1793 dirgy1830 lamentful1876 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 82 Thy Ewes..Like wailefull widdowes hangen their crags. a1763 W. Shenstone Love & Honour 21 She, she alone, amid the wailful train Of captive maids, assigned to Henry's care. 1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead i. 176 Then must he not regard the wailful ghosts. 1857 G. Meredith Farina 2 A wailful host were the wives of his raftsmen widowed there by her watery music! b. transferred. Of animals or inanimate things: Producing plaintive sounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that howls or whines whining15.. yowlingc1590 plainful1598 whimpering1598 howlinga1605 whinging1720 wailful1818 ululating1894 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] > howl, wail, or whine wailinga1577 howlinga1605 wailful1818 honing1837 wailsome1891 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 24 A wailful gnat. 1820 J. Keats To Autumn iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 139 Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn. 1872 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede I. xii. 176 A wailful wind made one moaning sweep through the trees. 1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 157 The tremulous Ever-wailful trees bemoaning him. 1894 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche (rev. ed.) xvi. 93 Or e'er he join'd his wailful flock. †3. Of mournful aspect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > [adjective] > of sorrowful appearance sada1375 wailful1558 woebegone1745 woebegonish1826 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. T.iiij This dolefull dame vpstertes, with waylful wynges [L. fuscis..alis]. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Eiij^v With wailful weeds I clad my corps. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 56/2 in Chron. I They fearing punishment..with wailefull countenance craued mercy. †4. That is to be bewailed, lamentable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 94 That never felt the waylfull wrongs that mortall folke receve. a1547 Earl of Surrey Æneid ii. 6 The Phrygian wealth, and wailful realm [L. lamentabile regnum] of Troy. 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta i. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Kiv I must to thee recompte The wailefull thing that is alredy spred. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 4^v Who know my cares, who wist my wailefull woe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff4^v Farre better I it deeme to die with speed, Then waste in woe and waylfull miserye. c1620 N. Breton C'tess Penbrooke's Love (Grosart) 5/2 But if these wept to see his waylefull case: Why dye not I to thinke on his disgrace? Derivatives ˈwailfully adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adverb] > wailingly wailfully1611 wailingly1836 bewailingly1862 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Doloureusement, dolourously; heavily, sorrowfully, wailefully, most wofully. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. 217 The glass did not say so, but the shrunken heart within him did, and wailfully too. 1904 J. C. Snaith Broke of Covenden 285 No voice crying in the wilderness can sound more wailfully to human ears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1544
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