wailful

wail·ful

W0008600 (wāl′fəl)adj.1. Resembling a wail; mournful.2. Issuing a sound resembling a wail.

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wail′ful·ly adv.

wail•ful

(ˈweɪl fəl)

adj. mournful; plaintive. [1535–45]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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"- Shakespearelamenting, wailingsorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13