Describing Wordsfor Wailing

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Here are some adjectives for wailing: plaintive mental, constant piteous, sudden inhuman, eerie and discordant, final, horrid, horrible, heart-wrenching, loud perpetual, thin, terror-filled, dull, godless, continuous doleful, dreadful, hysterical, long siren, high and dreadful, horrible, drawn-out, last, anguished, drawn-out, incomprehensible, heartrendingly despairing, sickening, shrill, persistent, despairing, pitiful, forlorn, audible pathetic, soft tumultuous, low but lusty, familiar disgusting, musical and fearful, soft and desolate, monotonous, funeral, innocent and feeble, discontented plaintive, repulsive feline. You can get the definitions of these wailing adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to wailing (and find more here).

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Words to Describe wailing

Below is a list of describing words for wailing. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe wailing:

plaintive mental constant piteous sudden inhuman eerie and discordant final, horrid horrible, heart-wrenching loud perpetual thin, terror-filled dull, godless continuous doleful dreadful, hysterical long siren high and dreadful horrible, drawn-out last, anguished drawn-out, incomprehensible heartrendingly despairing sickening, shrill persistent, despairing pitiful, forlorn audible pathetic soft tumultuous low but lusty familiar disgusting
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musical and fearful soft and desolate monotonous, funeral innocent and feeble discontented plaintive repulsive feline insistent, frantic eerie, unhappy mournful, miserable horrific, braying next eerie remote, mournful long fearful long wretched adenoidal adenoidal sloppy discordant desolate, dreadful unmistakably infantile loud and miserable agonizing high-pitched drawn-out, dismal piteous low wildest funeral monotonous but beautifully plaintive lilting moorish long, loud and bitter audible and inaudible particularly abject weak piteous lovely high-pitched distant but fast-closing thin heartless despairing monotone continuous, annoying single, eerie loud, pitiful clear and poignantly pleasant sincere hysterical reedy, thin high, ear-splitting painful, high-pitched drawn-out, despairing low, inane faint, anguished smooth, impelling single eerie perfect solitary hopeless, unrestrained mournful catlike impassioned, rhythmic savage, dismal fitful, hollow curious ethereal frightful, incessant piteous agonizing lowest and most pitiful mournful, dismal long ear-piercing plaintive and feeble unearthly minor woeful, despairing weird tidal loud and high-pitched discordant, monotonous glorious and melodic pitiful, low high, devilish oppressive, anxious terribly discordant unceasing musical petulant infantile grievous low windy deep plaintive intermittent rare mournful high minor tremulous portentous ceaseless, piteous angry but welcome continuous melodious odd, clamorous muffled, mournful high despairing tremulous and strangely human would-be pathetic wistful, musical shrill and desolate low desolate thin, furious single wretched hoarse and distant final, terrifying constant, monotonous shrill, electronic eerie, ritual loud and heart-rending beautifully plaintive wild universal low, unending pathetic and perpetual long, far-off thin, joyous faint but very definite terrible terminal long minor loud irish loud, plaintive thin, mournful long pitiful forceful, hacking thin panicky high-pitched, indescribable high-pitched silken mournful moist curious, raucous continual, silent single mournful uncanny, full-throated thin, piteous pitiable hopeless low, distressing distant, forlorn eerie, familiar faint, ear-splitting thin, unhappy booming menacing high hooting wild, far-off urgent, blurry high electronic eerie, ragged desolate, high-pitched mournful, windy abrupt, mournful rare alarming weird, collective eerily urgent loud anguished thin, despairing mournful electronic high, heartbreaking long, ghostlike steady, thin harsh dreary long sickening brief, shrill shrill, atonal enormous mournful high-pitched, wrenching high-pitched, catlike healthy, indignant pitiful, endless last, piteous higher but equally piteous high, drawn-out desolate monotonous electronic siren bleak, mournful more bereft high-pitched, mechanical earsplitting siren earsplitting thunderous raw, unintelligible high siren smooth sad dismal, resounding long maniacal mellow, passionate loud, sad faint animal-like appealing, accusatory loud inquiring ghostly minor horrible inarticulate piteous, dismal constant funeral long reminiscent long piteous dismal childish indistinct, monotonous recent hysterical dreary, desperate thin lifeless low, forlorn piteous, boyish clear, poignant piteous, heart-rending rhythmic and monotonous harsh, continuous last ethereal gentle, hopeless wild helpless hoarse rhythmic horrible, uncanny low, childish lonely phantom invariable, mournful terrible, explosive weary and perpetual martial, thy wild, sad long, plaintive shrill, weird thin, childish last, loud long, hooting high, mournful thin, high-pitched single, endless long eerie slow tremulous little inadequate short feeble low gutteral low, minor thin monotonous low, plaintive thin, unmistakable curious high-pitched high, weak shrill, nasty high-pitched metallic deep funeral pitiful, despairing long forlorn piteous, persistent impetuous, wild deep, heart-rending far shrill thrilling, musical general soft weird, shrill awful, despairing haunting, mournful long and almost unbroken great and sorrowful same high-pitched little piteous long despairing last wretched eerie sonic quiet, toneless true, raw faint, nostalgic short, cut-off constant thin long, eerie last weird long, despairing collective global loud, unhappy curious, despairing despairing inner high gaunt loud, phony dreary ominous long, spine-chilling final pitiful audible, anguished equally piteous terrible, animal high-pitched undulating long, whooping thin, terrible guttural, primal shrill, pitiful deep and muffled loud, terrific loud pathetic low, heart-rending long, unmistakable loud and poignant long, sorrowful loud simultaneous shrill despairing old appealing shrill, steady low doleful peculiar cat-like feeble, sad low human sad, low high, thin loud and shrill wildest, weirdest thin, bitter long, agonizing thy choral thin, eerie nearly incoherent long rasping low, discordant thin, familiar long, reedy weak, querulous piteous, hopeless loud and desperate plaintive and mournful high, abrupt low, perpetual beautiful tragic queer, monotonous sheer, smooth low and feeble long, faint thin, high shrill, harsh faint, despairing occasional bitter mournful and desolate long, tremulous shrill, despairing querulous little terrible despairing nearly voiceless high endless endless, undulating long and very loud loud, repetitive long, earsplitting furious, aggressive sudden throaty shrill, hollow long, mindless distant, watery sudden, ear-splitting low siren long, heart-stopping loud, bitter thin restless low, dismal beautiful but mournful curious nasal hoarse faint low anxious far-off muffled mournful, despairing long funereal low inarticulate nasal, high-pitched despairing little high soft low, piteous low passionate long, mournful single, long loud, insistent long savage deep, terrifying ineffective little low, querulous peculiar monotonous peculiar mournful harsh, rasping long, dismal single devastating long, sonorous faint high brief, distant harsh and penetrating low breathy great, full-throated particularly high-pitched last heartbreaking hideous high sudden, enormous hoarse, incoherent lusty, healthy shrill, eerie wild, queer pitiful low high, strident small impatient loud and dismal hopeless, endless such woeful soft long single faint steady, monotonous sudden low last ecstatic sudden thin little, feeble loud continuous low wild strange, dreadful constant and incessant piteous human last piteous loud, continuous long, high-pitched faint mental low, mournful almost furious low, sad siren high-pitched plaintive loud and lusty sudden animal loud, heart-rending thin and miserable long, feline long inarticulate far-off, distant long mournful loud, unpleasant strange and haunting long, furious last proud quiet, desperate horrible, high-pitched sweet, haunting distant, mournful short, breathy low, ceaseless low feeble low mournful last and loudest hollow, hungry weird, desolate low, despairing high-pitched, nasal thin, muffled terrible low long loud loud and bitter piteous thin, shrill low sad sabal loud long last mournful long, horrible low plaintive soft minor shrill discordant low piteous more rueful thy piteous weird, wild tiny electronic plaintive little weird high thin animal brief single long, childish clear penetrating pitiful, hopeless low dismal long intense loud and indignant thy funeral short, high-pitched long, vague low, strange thin, faint terror-filled single, desperate long bitter clear, shrill thin, reedy long, shrill low animal same uncanny long, desperate fierce, primal terrible rasping long, lusty shrill animal high-pitched, shrill weak, despairing weak, weary faint bitter long discordant long, thrilling weird and plaintive final despairing feeble human shrill, high long musical spine-chilling weird minor more plaintive despairing long, loud long anguished faint mournful curiously pathetic thin, monotonous thin continuous sudden high-pitched thin weak long melodious high, shrill long monotonous anguished mournful last distant little plaintive solemn and mournful unmistakably feminine almost voiceless long dismal quick, thin thin, desperate peculiarly mournful last, terrible thin low long, weird low, bitter low, persistent same plaintive long, impatient thin, little thin, watery low, savage low throaty low, thrilling piteous little drawn-out long, sad unmistakable human low, feeble eerie high-pitched short, wild low tremulous long, anguished little muffled low, weary ear-piercing same dreary low and mournful long, passionate shrill earsplitting last low low, weird angry, indignant high, reedy little feeble true lyric weak and sinful heart-wrenching strange, thin eerie little long, low heart-rending long plaintive loud fierce strange, shrill sudden, shocking eerie, high-pitched soft, mournful last plaintive peculiar musical infinitely pathetic nerve-shattering long, terrifying great feminine fast-closing thin, angry faint high-pitched almost despairing nearly audible low, intense last, low peculiarly long long, protracted feeble, futile faint, far-away almost audible low, distant vague, distant strangely human occasional low long and drawn-out thin human last pathetic dull, monotonous thin, sharp sharp, shrill last, long strange long ear-splitting long high slow and mournful thin, tremulous thy captive long continuous small, strange same disturbing same pitiful strangely wild long shrill almost primitive doleful wild barbaric adenoidal sudden shrill low, dull never utter thinner and thinner low, monotonous low and plaintive loud low, deep sudden awful eerie own frightful long, hideous low, thin low steady long, hoarse thin high slow, monotonous same mournful long drawn-out perfectly justifiable long, miserable last agonizing long, deep great low rather pitiful funeral gutteral long, drawn-out long, beautiful own pitiful long painful faint, far-off sad and terrible same thin shivery last sad long, high primaeval long, hollow sad, mournful pitiful rugged old soft, melodious faint, thin long, unbroken wild and terrible discordant sharp, high long, angry dismal hooting terrible long last despairing increasingly loud long endless ever-swelling thin cold last pitiful long and mournful exquisitely delicate deep, sonorous long weary long terrible long sad little minor single thin last feeble fast-paced reedy heartbreaking low, long low soft, thin full-throated more piteous monotonous high, wild loud, long almost human low guttural bluesy long low muffled last fierce blood-chilling feeble pitiful little atonal same high wild, weird thin inarticulate faint little last sharp wild, despairing agonizing querulous little helpless strange wild thy sad ghostlike loud, angry high, sweet rasping whooping hard flat last faint voiceless long, undulating unexpected little infantile woebegone throaty tremulous sibilant wild and passionate sorrowful self-pitying sad and mournful feeblest unappeasable long, strange hopeless high-frequency occasional faint shrill little inhuman same painful own soft melodic faint high thin hysterical almost unbroken particularly loud thin little uncanny woeful last wild strident lusty thy loving unuttered grief-stricken haunting soulful hoarse pathetic disquieting stentorian remorseful braying oft-repeated distant low, flat tinny bitter louder long, painful same bitter funereal undulating same sad flat-out childish rampant deprecatory melodious rhythmic unreasoning long, thin weird sad desolate nasal short sharp little low helpless little far-off insistent unending little thin appealing catlike penetrating sickening continual mushy terrifying own inner forlorn perky faraway electronic incoherent low-pitched more pathetic impelling tuneful feline guttural long desperate audible almost feminine treble reptilian childlike heartfelt animal-like inaudible weirdest distraught daily prophetical raucous long slow breathy strange, mysterious clamorous depressing fearful rueful sadder indignant heart-stopping long thin death-like wild undying unmusical reminiscent godless long long ceaseless silent dreadful faintest frantic off-key horrific frightful unheeded angry helpless brazen passionate monotone fitful dulcet repetitive almost inaudible booming unceasing penitential loudest satisfying frightening uncontrollable thinner craven sudden triumphal sanctimonious musical sharp accusatory high sepulchral maniacal continuous uttermost frosty universal weak little toneless dreary bereft numbing thrilling little more fearsome tidal realistic wistful deathless terror-stricken lyric infinite abject old, old miserable little terrible puny final wretched sonorous high-toned furious delicate little incessant poignant petulant concerted perpetual coaxing great long constant nerve-racking prophetic intermittent bestial horrible unworthy steady infinitesimal minor cut-off soulless humiliating artless harsh orchestral endless ethereal unmistakable weak perfunctory resonant choral diminutive unintelligible bitterest almost universal demented lonesome frenzied moorish protracted harpy drowsy hair-raising serial cat-like persistent maddening pessimistic mental convulsive watery pneumatic simultaneous articulate everlasting breathless sunken premonitory indistinct panicky hollow awful concrete full-blown great and terrible tabby powerless unspoken ral ministerial harmonic soft little portentous justifiable curious little sore

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Words to Describe wailing

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "wailing" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "wailing" are: plaintive mental, constant piteous, sudden inhuman, eerie and discordant, and final, horrid. There are 993 other words to describe wailing listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe wailing suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "wailing" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many wailing adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is wailing?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

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