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wailed

verb

Meaning

  1. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. To make a noise like mourning or crying.
  4. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  5. To perform with great liveliness and force.
  6. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  7. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
  8. To choose, select.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data