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wailwail /weɪl/ verb ETYMOLOGYwailOrigin: 1200-1300 From a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEwail |
| Present | I, you, we, they | wail | | he, she, it | wails | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wailed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wailed | | he, she, it | has wailed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wailed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wail | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wailed |
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| Present | I | am wailing | | he, she, it | is wailing | | you, we, they | are wailing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was wailing | | you, we, they | were wailing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wailing | | he, she, it | has been wailing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wailing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wailing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wailing |
THESAURUSproduce tears► cry to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt: Don’t cry – it’s OK. Is the baby crying again? ► be in tears to be crying: His wife was in tears as he was taken from the court room. ► sob to cry in a very noisy way: She was lying on her bed sobbing. ► weep formal to cry a lot for a long time: He wept when they told him she was dead. ► whimper to cry quietly and weakly: A child lay in the hospital bed, whimpering with pain. ► wail/bawl/howl to cry with a long loud sound. Used mainly about babies and children: They could hear a baby wailing somewhere. ► snivel to cry and complain in an annoying way. Used especially in writing: Stop sniveling, and I’ll show you how to do it. ► be close to tears/be near tears to be almost crying: Dave was near tears when he told us about losing his job. ► hold/fight back (the) tears to make a strong effort not to cry: The widow fought back tears as she read her statement to the press. ► burst/dissolve into tears to suddenly start crying: When she saw him, she burst into tears. ► break down to start crying after trying not to cry: His mother broke down during the funeral and had to be led out. 1[transitive] to say something in a loud, sad, and complaining way: “How are we going to pay for this?” Mom wailed.2[intransitive] to cry out with a long high sound, especially because you are very sad or in pain: Somewhere behind them a child began to wail.► see thesaurus at cry13[intransitive] to make a long high sound: Sirens were wailing in the distance.—wail noun [countable]: the wail of police sirens—wailing noun [singular, uncountable] |