Waul

Quick meaning: Waul is a verb meaning To wail, to cry plaintively.

Meaning

To wail, to cry plaintively.

Example Sentences

Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry.

A cattish ghost-familiar wauls from a monument's bronze shoulder, seeing him see it, and he shrieks back in its own language, pulling a face so horrible that pedestrians scatter out of his path, their white cottons flapping.

The Catapult wauled, "What if some poor man's dog was saved, — it was his comfort and defence; — he shared with the faithful creature his bread and butter: and when he dies, who watches his grave, — who, if we may so say, sheds a tear for the departed? — who, who, but his dog?[…]"

Word Forms

• wauls
• wauling
• wauled

Synonyms for waul

Depending on context, synonyms include squall, wawl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squall, wawl, wail, wrawl, howl, yawl.

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