1. loud cries of distress, grief, or pain
Usage: plural form

1. cries loudly in distress, grief, or pain
Usage: third person singular present

Examples

• The baby wails whenever she’s hungry.
• He wails in pain after stubbing his toe.
• The mourner wails at the funeral service.
• We could hear the wails of the injured animal.
• Her wails echoed through the empty house.
• The wind wails through the trees during the storm.
• She wails about her lost homework every morning.