Wail \Wail\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "wailing": acute, argute, bawling, bemoaning, bewailing, blatant, creaky, crying, ear-piercing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keen, keening, lamentation, lamenting, lowing, moaning, mourning, mugient, penetrating, piercing, piping, puling, reedy, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, sorrow, sorrowing, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, ululation, whining, whistling

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

wailing adj : vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailful]

noun

loud cries made while weeping [syn: bawling]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Wail \Wail\, v. t. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)