WAILED (FOR) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

wailed (for)

verb

past tense of wail (for)

as in mourned

to feel or express sorrow for her grandfather asked her not to wail for him, saying that he had had a good life and was at peace

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Nakayama’s agency mourned the entertainer and expressed shock and sadness.

Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
In the days before the Mass, she was mourned on the floor of the House of Representatives and at a makeshift altar at a downtown leather party.

The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024

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