wailed

• complained
• cried
• fuss
• grieve
• groaned
• howl
• howled
• moan
• moaned
• mourn
• muttered
• screamed
• sob
• sobbed
• weep
• whimper
• whined

• accepted
• be happy
• bore
• cackled
• chortled
• chuckled
• delighted
• endured
• giggled
• laughed
• rejoiced
• snickered
• tolerated
• took

• verb
  1. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
  2. To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
  3. To make a noise like mourning or crying.
  4. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
  5. To perform with great liveliness and force.
  6. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  7. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
  8. To choose, select.

• The grieving widow wailed as she clutched the folded flag at her husband's funeral.
• In the eerie silence of the haunted mansion, a ghostly figure suddenly wailed, sending shivers down the spines of the intruders.
• The sirens wailed in the distance, announcing the arrival of the ambulance to the accident scene.
• Overcome with anguish, the bereaved mother wailed in sorrow at the gravesite of her child.
• As the storm raged on, the wind wailed through the trees, creating a haunting symphony of nature's lament.

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