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wails (for)

verb , present tense third-person singular of wail (for)

Synonyms and Antonyms of wails (for)

to feel or express sorrow for

her grandfather asked her not to wail for him, saying that he had had a good life and was at peace

Synonyms of wails (for)

bemoans, bewails, deplores, grieves (for), laments, mourns

Words Related to wails (for)

cries (for), keens, moans, weeps

bawls, blubbers, sobs

agonizes, bleeds, hurts, sorrows, suffers

Near Antonyms of wails (for)

beams, cheers, grins, laughs, smiles

Antonyms of wails (for)

delights, exults (in), glories (in), joys, rejoices (in)

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