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wailful
adjective
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression;- Shakespeare
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ˈweɪlfəl
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adjective
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression;- Shakespeare
“Lamenting sinners”
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Lamenting sinners
Wailing mourners
The wailing wind
Wailful bagpipes
Tangle her desires with wailful sonnets
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