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wail

Best crossword clue

"Cry in grief"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /weɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ailwStarts with WEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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