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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wail \Wail\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Wailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wailing}.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la; cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. {Woe}.] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wail \Wail\, verb (used without an object) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Therefore I will wail and howl. --Micah i. 8.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wail \Wail\, noun Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. ''The wail of the forest.'' --Longfellow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wail \Wail\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. w["a]hlen.] To choose; to select. [Obs.] ''Wailed wine and meats.'' --Henryson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wail
noun: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {lamentation}, {plaint}]
verb
1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {ululate}, {roar}, {yawl}]
2: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: {whimper}, {mewl}, {pule}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "wail": bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boohoo, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, cry out, dolorous tirade, drawl, exclaim, flute, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice, groan, growl, grunt, hiss, howl, jeremiad, keen, kick, lament, lilt, low, make an outcry, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, quest, repine, roar, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, wail of woe, warble, weep, whicker, whimper, whine, whinny, whisper, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl
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