Definitions for wailful

wailful wail·ful

Spelling: [weyl-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈweɪl fəl/

Wailful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in wailful (afilluw).

Definitions for wailful

adjective

  1. mournful; plaintive.

Origin of wailful

First recorded in 1535-45; wail + -ful

Examples for wailful

He suggested that the poems, if the few lines he had seen made a fair sample, were rather of the wailful order.

Then over their tops passed a wailful gust of wind, through which we thought came the fall of receding footsteps.

The battle was ending without even the poor pomp and circumstance of torn banners and wailful music.

Clouds were gathering overhead, and a wailful wind made one moaning sweep through the trees behind us in the hollow.

From behind his wailful voice the gentle knocking was heard running on.

You must lay lime to tangle her desires By wailful sonnets whose composèd rimep.

A wailful host were the wives of his raftsmen widowed there by her watery music!

Mr. Durance had prophesied a wailful end ever to the carol of Optimists!

I am not going to beat the big drum of sentiment and make a wailful noise.

Word Value for wailful
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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