wailing
noun/ˈweɪlɪŋ/
Etymology From wail + -ing.
1
A loud drawn out scream or howl.
- 'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, “The Rescue”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, page 69:
- Derived terms
- weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth