Definitions
cry weakly or softly
Word origin
c. 1300, Middle English weilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norse væla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai (whence also Old English wā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.
Used in a sentence
“The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.”
“to wail one's death”
“My lord, wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cry in grief”4 letters
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