Definition of WAILFUL

wailful

Adjective Satellite

  • vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; ; ; ; ; - Shakespeare
    • "wailful bagpipes"
    • "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"

Adj

  • Sorrowful; mournful.

Adjective

  • Full of wailing or expressing deep sorrow; mournful.

Examples

  • His wailful expression after drawing only ’I’s and ’U’s was almost theatrical.

Origin / Etymology

From wail + -ful.

Synonyms

lamenting, wailing

Scrabble Score: 13

wailful: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wailful: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wailful: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

wailful: valid Words With Friends Word