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What is another word for
wailing
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Noun
An act of crying or weeping from grief or sorrow
A loud cry expressing strong emotion or calling for attention
Adjective
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
Verb
Present participle for to cry or howl out loud, typically in agony or sorrow
Present participle for to cry or shed tears from sadness
Present participle for to complain or grumble about something
Present participle for to feel intense sorrow or anguish
Present participle for to emit or cause to emit sound
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Noun
▲
An act of crying or weeping from grief or sorrow
weeping
sobbing
lamentation
bawling
lament
howling
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
whimpering
cry
snivel
bawl
blubbering
weep
howl
sob
bewailing
keening
blubber
tears
mourning
sorrowing
tear
yowl
shedding tears
the blues
crying
moaning
grieving
plaint
groan
wail
blubbing
waterworks
bellowing
dirge
fit of crying
moan
bereavement
whimper
ululation
repining
pining
lamenting
keen
tearing up
sobs
cry of pain
cry of grief
greeting
outcry
greet
shiva
crying fit
hollering
languishing
blues
bawlings
wailings
snivels
bawls
snivellings
UK
bewailings
snivelings
US
howlings
whimperings
laments
lamentations
weeps
cries
moanings
grievings
howls
plaints
dirges
sorrowings
whimpers
bellowings
wails
groans
yowls
outcries
hollerings
grizzles
mewls
pules
blubs
more ❯
“The
wailing
of mourners filled the air as they bid farewell to their beloved friend.”
Noun
▲
A loud cry expressing strong emotion or calling for attention
caterwauling
howling
howl
screaming
scream
yell
cry
bawl
shriek
shrieking
screech
wail
squall
yelp
yowl
crying
yelling
bawling
screeching
yowling
squalling
yelping
miaow
ululating
whine
call
bellow
roar
whoop
holler
squawk
yawp
bay
cheer
vociferation
clamour
UK
exclamation
hoot
squeal
clamor
US
outcry
caterwaul
uproar
yammer
salvo
bark
shout
tumult
yap
loud outcry
yelled statement
cry out
loud communication
moan
groan
lamentation
ululation
plaint
keening
keen
bleat
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
sorrowful
mournful
woeful
anguished
doleful
heartbroken
rueful
dolorous
agonised
UK
agonized
US
sorry
grieving
dolesome
plangent
weeping
lamentable
funeral
bewailing
bemoaning
bitter
deploring
aching
lugubrious
plaintive
regretful
sad
wretched
miserable
unhappy
distressed
grief-stricken
tearful
melancholy
disconsolate
desolate
teary
despairing
weepy
upset
woebegone
sobbing
lachrymose
blubbering
crying
broken-hearted
tormented
howling
suffering
afflicted
tortured
brokenhearted
sorrowing
dismal
whimpering
sniveling
US
depressed
blubbing
dejected
despondent
snivelling
UK
lamenting
down
heartsick
devastated
in tears
wounded
mourning
forlorn
gloomy
angst-ridden
bawling
blue
grievous
painful
larmoyant
distraught
morose
anxious
traumatized
US
inconsolable
harrowed
traumatised
UK
on the verge of tears
heavy with grief
in pain
cut up
racked with pain
racked with suffering
downcast
downhearted
emotional
crestfallen
melancholic
glum
pitiful
blubbery
out of sorts
greeting
troubled
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
heart-rending
close to tears
hurt
shaken
ruffled
disconcerted
heavyhearted
broken
disquieted
unnerved
vexed
perturbed
agitated
discomposed
bothered
cheerless
teary-eyed
bereaved
discombobulated
harassed
flustered
concerned
uptight
aflutter
wrecked
overwhelmed
grieved
hurting
saddened
discountenanced
plagued
irked
haunted
pained
gutted
bugged
shook
crushed
spooked
antsy
jumpy
unglued
strung out
in a tizzy
all torn up
persecuted
bummed out
shook up
in a stew
overcome with sorrow
hangdog
racked
pensive
sombre
UK
dreary
sobbing loudly
elegiac
somber
US
nostalgic
wistful
piteous
heavy
pathetic
heartrending
bleeding
in distress
in anguish
maudlin
mawkish
heartsore
dire
distressing
regrettable
harrowing
with tears in your eyes
deplorable
dolent
ruthful
afflictive
calamitous
heavy-hearted
moist
watery
repining
low-spirited
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
joyless
funereal
bleak
depressing
dispirited
low
comfortless
cast down
depressive
drear
sullen
disheartened
dark
discouraged
solemn
morbid
droopy
bad
saturnine
cold
sepulchral
black
abject
godforsaken
gray
US
grim
lonely
grey
UK
tenebrous
elegiacal
darkening
murky
plutonian
chill
chap-fallen
heartbreaking
dreich
lonesome
cloudy
Cimmerian
tenebrific
hopeless
disappointed
sunless
demoralized
US
demoralised
UK
dispiriting
tragic
pessimistic
long-faced
mirthless
saddening
dull
drab
oppressive
fed up
spiritless
moody
disheartening
in the dumps
choked
poignant
pitiable
in the pits
oppressed
in low spirits
dour
in the doldrums
unwelcoming
sick as a parrot
dingy
chapfallen
unfortunate
austere
dejecting
dim
dragged
destroyed
desperate
poor
moving
shot down
brassed off
down and out
cheesed off
resigned
distressful
discouraging
downbeat
weary
uncomfortable
mopey
in despair
upsetting
down-and-out
taken down
drearisome
uninviting
touching
helpless
overcome
inhospitable
bare
stark
grave
sunk
negative
disillusioned
bland
discontented
clinical
draggy
impersonal
defeatist
dismayed
wintry
US
jarring
wintery
UK
institutional
unsatisfied
crummy
long-suffering
weighed down
cast-down
in a blue funk
let down
sick at heart
difficult
traumatic
dirgelike
troublesome
shocking
appalling
disappointing
agonizing
US
affecting
threnodic
excruciating
doomed
unlucky
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
unmitigable
crushing
disgruntled
dissatisfied
dreadful
suicidal
colorless
US
colourless
UK
deathly
Stygian
vexatious
disenchanted
tragical
discomposing
shattered
tear-jerking
agonising
UK
frustrated
discomfited
dirgeful
adust
crabbed
unconsolable
mopish
displeased
chagrined
miffed
broody
ripped
forbidding
acheronian
moping
heart-wrenching
dirge-like
without hope
aggrieved
lacklustre
UK
deep
lackluster
US
listless
up the creek
disturbed
aghast
beaten
at the end of your tether
gut-wrenching
sulky
sunk in gloom
worsted
vanquished
shadowy
torn up
unexciting
blah
uninteresting
uninspiring
low in spirits
boring
monotonous
macabre
baulked
UK
objecting
lifeless
on a downer
balked
US
humdrum
threnodial
sinister
worthless
horrible
foreboding
ominous
terrible
unpleasant
atrocious
fraught
obscure
hollow
doom-laden
horrific
derisible
frightful
horrifying
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sober
taciturn
luckless
bereft
dysphoric
discontent
strained
bummed
sour
hapless
powerless
downtrodden
daunted
feel-bad
bummed-out
subdued
ailing
let-down
not happy
deflated
emo
at wits' end
abashed
sheepish
in sorrow
in mourning
bowed down
very sad
in the toilet
low-down
surly
ugly
torn-up
languorous
triste
down in dumps
tristful
down-hearted
languid
uneasy
defeated
full of sorrow
shamefaced
dashed
unable to be comforted
beside oneself with grief
unable to be consoled
prostrate with grief
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
Eeyorish
feeling down
full of gloom
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
in a funk
taken aback
singing the blues
beseeching
ruined
entreating
imploring
commiserable
grumpy
mortified
disturbing
churlish
pining
cynical
worrying
to be pitied
disquieting
sorry for yourself
down-in-the-mouth
troubling
tormenting
unsettling
perturbing
discomforting
in floods of tears
hurtful
stressful
at end of one's rope
alarming
nasty
nowhere to go
worrisome
afflicting
frightening
unnerving
troublous
agitating
nagging
confronting
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-breaking
nerve-wracking
serious
exequial
deathlike
funebrial
more ❯
“The
wailing
wind echoed through the empty streets, a haunting reminder of the town's sorrowful past.”
Adjective
▲
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
querulous
complaining
petulant
testy
waspish
cantankerous
cross
fretful
irritable
tetchy
touchy
crabby
discontented
grouchy
grumbling
pettish
prickly
carping
crabbed
critical
crotchety
crusty
dissatisfied
edgy
fractious
grumpy
peevish
peppery
sour
whining
bitter
curmudgeonly
disagreeable
impatient
miserable
moody
morose
murmuring
plaintive
censorious
chippy
cranky
huffy
irascible
ratty
scratchy
sullen
bilious
captious
choleric
churlish
dyspeptic
liverish
snappish
snappy
splenetic
sulky
surly
whingeing
eggy
fussy
narky
whingy
miffy
peckish
snaky
sorehead
soreheaded
bearish
bemoaning
crying
deploring
difficult
grousing
grumbly
lamenting
moaning
negative
salty
scrappy
uptight
waspy
whimpering
whiny
bad-tempered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
fault-finding
on edge
thin-skinned
hard to please
in a bad mood
out of sorts
out of temper
huffy irascible
like a bear with a sore head
fiery
quick-tempered
short-tempered
perverse
angry
ornery
hot-tempered
stroppy
shirty
snippy
snarky
snippety
stuffy
mean
raspy
quarrelsome
gruff
spiteful
unfriendly
waxy
resentful
acrimonious
tense
glum
passionate
pouty
pouting
oversensitive
contentious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
curt
mardy
brusque
volatile
out of humor
temperamental
bellicose
disgruntled
ungracious
sensitive
hotheaded
acid
unpleasant
argumentative
out of humour
disputatious
short-fused
unsociable
rude
contrary
ugly
truculent
mopey
on a short fuse
as cross as two sticks
shrewish
malicious
gloomy
tempestuous
embittered
vindictive
dour
acrid
in a mood
moping
displeased
cynical
obstinate
hostile
malignant
feisty
nasty
blunt
uncivil
tart
violent
belligerent
sharp
easily offended
antagonistic
trying
mumpish
rancorous
vicious
vitriolic
brooding
hot-blooded
bloody-minded
cross-grained
having got out of bed the wrong side
upset
discourteous
abrupt
confrontational
pugnacious
huffish
impolite
hypersensitive
piqued
annoyed
unhelpful
scowling
ireful
unhappy
harsh
pertinacious
tooshie
excitable
snarling
indignant
short
glowering
sore
tough
furious
awkward
venomous
cussed
sourpussed
highly strung
frowning
sulking
joyless
hateful
impassioned
hot under the collar
having got out of bed on the wrong side
irritated
combative
vexed
melodramatic
emotional
malevolent
humourless
UK
humorless
US
bristly
peeved
boorish
terse
mercurial
intense
agitated
refractory
unsmiling
disobliging
foul
incensed
stormy
ticklish
faultfinding
bad
uncongenial
misanthropic
wild
put out
opinionated
unreasonable
crybaby
wrathful
catty
dramatic
jumpy
militant
froward
impetuous
hot-headed
iracund
iracundulous
worked up
malign
aggressive
shaken
frantic
infuriated
fuming
raving
inflamed
enraged
hottempered
uncomfortable
atrabilious
heated
snarly
exasperated
arsey
hasty
vinegary
abusive
growling
saturnine
griping
fretting
childish
chuffy
unruly
ill-mannered
uncooperative
obstreperous
filthy
steamed-up
mean-spirited
unresponsive
uncommunicative
unmannerly
foul-tempered
all shook up
nasty-tempered
bristling
antisocial
vengeful
hysterical
sharp-tongued
antipathetic
icy
out-of-sorts
virulent
vehement
disapproving
uncharitable
inhospitable
inconsiderate
unsympathetic
malcontent
grudging
stressy
unindulgent
bellyaching
owly
beefing
objectionable
wicked
jaundiced
sarcastic
zowerswopped
ungenerous
spunky
acerbic
acute
hypercritical
unkind
perversely irritable
choked
narked
viperous
restless
toey
bad-humored
perturbable
having short fuse
hot under collar
like a bear
got up on wrong side of bed
envenomed
sharp-tempered
evil-minded
irate
irked
galled
wound up
wired up
bundle of nerves
livid
apoplectic
mad
riled
mopish
steamed
overwrought
distraught
worried
anxious
stressed
fidgety
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
distressed
hoha
wroth
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
aerated
oppugnant
dark
aloof
wrought up
ill at ease
withdrawn
depressed
cheerless
litigious
het up
cruel
ticked off
teed off
unlikable
disputative
not best pleased
hopping mad
bent out of shape
provocative
naysaying
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
in a lather
factious
warring
gladiatorial
defiant
agonistic
in a huff
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
fed up
in a strop
inflammable
spirited
inimical
intolerant
lively
manic
lawless
uneasy
in a paddy
threatening
discordant
in a bate
fit to be tied
battling
dissentious
brawly
assaultive
warlike
fighting
controversial
polemical
polemic
bickering
ructious
arguesome
wrangling
turbulent
offensive
war
brawling
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
stubborn
recalcitrant
willful
wilful
intractable
headstrong
obdurate
mulish
intransigent
pigheaded
unmanageable
hardheaded
troublesome
steadfast
contrarious
indomitable
opinionative
unpredictable
fiendish
stiff-necked
strong-minded
single-minded
set in one's ways
hard-nosed
hard to handle
bull-headed
pig-headed
wrong-headed
fierce
poisonous
severe
aggrieved
rough
stern
aggravated
bolshie
louring
provoked
hot
in a temper
cheesed off
forbidding
loudmouthed
hard
ferocious
taciturn
grim
miffed
menacing
obnoxious
outraged
angered
aggers
biffo
spoiling for a fight
easily upset
frenzied
in high dudgeon
have a bone to pick
ranting
browned off
peed off
cutting
caustic
biting
destructive
acerb
abrasive
flinty
steely
uninviting
crude
serious
unapproachable
formidable
callous
offended
rankled
ballistic
sombre
UK
stony
somber
US
rotten
snuffy
unfeeling
galling
nettled
ticked
seething
brutal
intimidating
austere
lowering
solemn
grave
impulsive
insensitive
wretched
hurtful
snide
vile
agitable
raging
incandescent
rabid
pitiless
comfortless
maddened
base
storming
seeing red
boiling
flip
spare
roiled
infuriate
hopping
in a pet
wounding
strident
steaming
evil-intentioned
beside oneself
frustrated
with all guns blazing
annoying
looking for trouble
in a fume
going crook
horn-mad
have it in for
in a frenzy
ardent
contemptible
blue in the face
riley
mean-looking
on the outs
hate-filled
enflamed
foaming
at loggerheads
beside yourself with rage
contumacious
vinegarish
scornful
apt to fly off the handle
sober
pessimistic
quick to anger
unaccommodating
Eeyorish
with a long face
tempersome
unceremonious
disappointed
forceful
long-faced
uncontrollable
smileless
discontent
disaffected
balky
bluff
ungratified
malcontented
obstructive
disrespectful
offhand
kvetching
bothered
affronted
flustered
boisterous
off
no-nonsense
offish
rebellious
having a chip on one's shoulder
pushy
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
hurt
brassed off
disturbed
harassed
unamused
scunnered
troubled
harried
ruffled
wrath
snitty
hassled
bad tempered
out of joint
unlovable
thrawn
dejected
broody
unbearable
unloveable
insufferable
irritating
easily frightened
blue
wounded
neurotic
easily agitated
kittle
high-strung
mopy
skittish
hawkish
antagonized
US
nagging
evil
warmongering
militaristic
hacked
very angry
in a rage
off the air
dogged
perturbed
all steamed up
overcome with anger
burned up
bummed out
at end of one's rope
bugged
boiling mad
hot and bothered
antagonised
UK
scandalized
US
shocked
pushed too far
rousted
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
blown a gasket
scandalised
UK
roused
in a filthy temper
buffaloed
maleficent
baleful
scolding
criticizing
US
crass
jingoistic
black
malefic
execrable
unfair
ruthless
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
unsportsmanlike
dishonourable
UK
despiteful
dishonorable
US
despicable
detestable
low
low-minded
paltry
low-down
sabre-rattling
battleful
ungentlemanly
adversarial
backbiting
vixenish
cattish
criticising
UK
ungallant
unchivalrous
vulgar
coarse
ignorant
clodhopping
bad-mannered
rustic
lowbred
unneighborly
psyched up
angerful
cold
convulsed
mighty
negativistic
psychopathic
passive-aggressive
distant
strict
ungentle
savage
fell
stiff
sinister
stark
boot-faced
resolute
gray
US
grey
UK
bleak
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cry or howl out loud, typically in agony or sorrow
crying
howling
screaming
yelling
bawling
squealing
shrieking
yelping
yowling
moaning
roaring
baying
caterwauling
whining
squalling
whimpering
keening
ululating
growling
groaning
croaking
lamenting
wauling
crying loudly
hollering
squawking
yawping
grumbling
bleating
griping
whingeing
screeching
muttering
carping
complaining
grouching
murmuring
grousing
inveighing
beefing
nagging
bellyaching
yammering
grizzling
fussing
repining
shouting
grumping
maundering
kvetching
crabbing
yauping
kicking
bellowing
shrilling
barking
crying out
sobbing
yapping
calling out
clamouring
UK
clamoring
US
whooping
calling
weeping
yipping
thundering
hooting
vociferating
hallooing
holloing
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
sounding off
cheering
blubbering
mewling
mourning
bewailing
sighing
woofing
screaking
raising your voice
deploring
singing out
mithering
grieving
bemoaning
meowing
snarling
booming
hailing
grunting
soughing
outcrying
squeaking
exclaiming
rasping
cheeping
peeping
grating
shedding tears for
shedding tears over
weeping for
mewing
blaring
kicking up a fuss
speaking loudly
sniffling
greeting
sorrowing
giving tongue
questing
snorting
mumbling
hurling
rumbling
announcing
belling
cooeeing
proclaiming
voicing
singing
trumpeting
bowwowing
ruffing
miaowing
routing
braying
blustering
lowing
bellering
crying over
weeping over
moaning about
hurrahing
huzzahing
hollaing
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
cackling
dinning
crowing
cawing
hissing
honking
blasting
shouting out
shouting loudly
raising Cain
sounding loudly
raising the roof
putting up a howl
clucking
huzzaing
hooping
clacking
uttering
brawling
pumping
emitting
gabbling
trilling
claiming
demanding
pressing
hollering out
urging
calling aloud
rending the air
insisting on
making a claim for
sounding
tooting
resounding
reverberating
whirring
clanging
pealing
wheezing
whizzing
advertizing
ringing out
whistling
making a racket
sounding out
more ❯
“I was standing in the cold, bare hallway of a hospital, listening to my child
wail
and scream from behind a closed door.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cry or shed tears from sadness
crying
sobbing
weeping
blubbering
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
bawling
whining
boohooing
sniffing
shedding tears
bursting into tears
whimpering
blubbing
howling
greeting
mewling
keening
lamenting
breaking down
squalling
whingeing
yowling
puling
mourning
howling your eyes out
grieving
bewailing
ululating
moaning
grizzling
turning on the waterworks
turning on waterworks
crying your eyes out
bemoaning
bleating
letting go
cracking up
choking up
tearing up
dissolving in tears
sheding bitter tears
putting on the weeps
crying their heart out
shedding a tear
girning
fretting
crying fretfully
snuffling
crying a river
crying convulsively
sniffling
ringing the blues
letting it all out
complaining
deploring
dripping
letting it out
griping
more ❯
“The people
wail
in sadness, they cry for justice every day.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or grumble about something
complaining
grumbling
griping
grousing
whingeing
carping
beefing
grouching
bleating
bellyaching
grizzling
fussing
muttering
nagging
kvetching
inveighing
grumping
murmuring
repining
crabbing
hollering
squawking
maundering
kicking
yammering
yawping
yauping
grieving
bemoaning
deploring
bewailing
mourning
greeting
screeching
sorrowing
carrying on
crying the blues
raising a ruckus
kicking up a storm
moaning
whining
growling
screaming
caterwauling
keening
squealing
whimpering
croaking
yowling
chuntering
protesting
mithering
kicking up a fuss
objecting
groaning
creating
sounding off
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
finding fault
criticizing
US
chirping
going on
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
criticising
UK
making a fuss
kicking up a stink
lamenting
remonstrating
nattering
cribbing
knocking
finding fault with
nitpicking
crying
taking exception
objecting to
speaking out against
plaining over
condemning
quibbling
niggling
scolding
mumbling
reproaching
denouncing
raising objections
expressing disapproval
opposing
making a stand
taking a stand
demurring
putting up a fight
expostulating
putting the boot in
nit-picking
picking holes in
railing at
making a complaint
lodging a complaint
going on about
fretting
running down
whispering
sighing
sulking
blowing off steam
pleading
wittering
snarling
talking under your breath
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing out of
making a big thing of
making a meal of
excepting
execrating
anathematizing
cursing
ranting
making a thing of
fulminating
screaming bloody murder
making a scene
puling
blustering
spouting
making a song and dance
raising Cain
beefing about
sorrowing for
grieving over
sorrowing about
sighing over
grouching about
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
kicking up a rumpus
rubbishing
slandering
maligning
sniping
hypercriticizing
censuring
decrying
bothering
disparaging
trashing
badmouthing
charging
dissenting
splitting hairs
contravening
disagreeing
ascribing
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
twining
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
picking at
picking holes
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
bad-mouthing
taking exception to
speaking up
expressing concern
looking askance
showing concern
inveighing against
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
more ❯
“I picked him up, got him back to his hotel, and spent the night sobering him up and listening to him
wail
about his life.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to feel intense sorrow or anguish
grieving
mourning
lamenting
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
bemoaning
suffering
sorrowing
hurting
anguishing
regretting
aching
sobbing
weeping
bewailing
bleeding
crying
ruing
rueing
keening
bearing
shedding tears
feeling sad
carrying on
singing the blues
weeping and wailing
crying a river
eating your heart out
taking it hard
despairing
moaning
pining
deploring
groaning
grieving over
repining
weeping over
brooding
fretting
grieving for
languishing
fretting about
crying over
feeling wretched
shedding tears for
wailing for
wailing over
moping
sorrowing for
sighing over
sorrowing over
sighing
repenting
feeling pain
pining for
weeping for
lamenting for
going through the mill
keening over
expressing sorrow
expressing sorrow for
wailing about
expressing woe for
mooning
plaining over
dwelling on
pining away
paining
languishing for
regretting the loss of
feeling grief at
feeling sorrow at
feeling sad about
enduring agony
going through a lot
hurting over
expressing grief
pining over
anguishing over
experiencing hardship
having a bad time
raining
aching over
shedding tears over
bleeding over
sulking
moaning over
desponding
complaining about
obsessing
glooming
worrying
kicking self
beating one's breast
crying for
feeling sorry about
feeling remorseful about
reproaching oneself for
repenting of
kicking oneself for
kicking oneself
feeling sorry
feeling remorse for
feeling apologetic about
feeling remorse
sulking about
moping over
languishing over
mooning over
worrying about
feeling despondent about
chafing inwardly
sweating out
expressing sorrow about
plaining for
wearing black for
keening for
wearing black
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to emit or cause to emit sound
sounding
resounding
resonating
reverberating
echoing
blaring
blowing
chiming
clanging
ringing
tolling
blasting
dinging
going
pealing
playing
reechoing
tooting
going off
babbling
banging
barking
booming
bursting
buzzing
cackling
chattering
clacking
clanking
clapping
clattering
clinking
crashing
creaking
humming
pattering
rattling
roaring
rumbling
smashing
squawking
thumping
thundering
emitting
jabbering
jangling
jarring
moaning
murmuring
operating
shouting
shrieking
shrilling
singing
slamming
snorting
thudding
whining
whispering
winding
detonating
exploding
setting off
vibrating
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