'Wailful' definitions:

Definition of 'wailful'

From: WordNet
adjective
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailing, wailful]

Definition of 'Wailful'

From: GCIDE
  • Wailful \Wail"ful\, a. Sorrowful; mournful. " Like wailful widows." --Spenser. "Wailful sonnets." --Shak. [1913 Webster]