wailful
UK/ˈweɪlfəl/
wailful adjective: sorrowful; mournful.
Adjective
wailful (comparative more wailful, superlative most wailful)
- Sorrowful; mournful.
- Farre better I it deeme to die with speed / Then waste in woe and waylfull miserye […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires / By walefull Sonnets, whose composed Rimes / Should be full fraught with seruiceable vowes.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
wailful meaning in Urdu
wailful in Urdu
- غمگین, ماتم زدہ
Forms of wailful
| comparative | more wailful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wailful |
Origin of wailful
From wail + -ful.
Words formed from wailful
Questions about wailful
- What does wailful mean?
- Wailful means sorrowful; mournful.
- What is wailful in Urdu?
- Wailful in Urdu is غمگین, ماتم زدہ. See Wailful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is wailful?
- Wailful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce wailful?
- Wailful is pronounced /ˈweɪlfəl/ (UK).
Words near wailful in the dictionary
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