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past tense of wail
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1
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
- the state's residents are always wailing about their high taxes
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- beefed,
- bellyached,
- bitched,
- bleated,
- carped,
- caterwauled,
- complained,
- crabbed,
- croaked,
- fussed,
- griped,
- grizzled,
- grouched,
- groused,
- growled,
- grumbled,
- grumped,
- hollered,
- inveighed,
- keened,
- kicked,
- kvetched,
- maundered
- [chiefly British],
- moaned,
- murmured,
- muttered,
- nagged,
- repined,
- screamed,
- squawked,
- squealed,
- whimpered,
- whined,
- whinged
- [British],
- yammered,
- yawped
- (or yauped),
- yowled
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2
to make a long loud mournful sound
- the women stood beside the coffins, wailing for their fallen sons and daughters
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3
to utter a moan
- the patient lay in her bed, occasionally softly wailing in pain
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