Synonyms of wailfully

wailfully

adverb

as in sadly

with feelings of bitterness or grief

the lost child wailfully kept asking for his mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadly
• bitterly
• sorrowfully
• painfully
• mournfully
• hard
• sharply
• regretfully
• harshly
• unhappily
• woefully
• dolorously
• grievously
• ruefully
• plaintively
• dolefully
• severely
• sorely
• lugubriously
• agonizingly
• resentfully
• inconsolably
• wretchedly
• hardly
• crestfallenly
• downheartedly
• cheerlessly
• despairingly
• disconsolately
• distressfully
• dejectedly
• dispiritedly
• miserably
• low-spiritedly
• despondently
• abjectly
• dismally
• darkly
• gloomily
• mirthlessly
• distressingly
• glumly
• pessimistically
• joylessly
• sullenly
• forlornly
• drearily
• acutely
• somberly
• morosely
• poignantly
• dourly
• blackly
• keenly
• cruelly
• ill
• piercingly
• rancorously
• hurtfully

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happily
• gladly
• joyfully
• joyously
• blissfully
• cheerfully
• gleefully
• cheerily
• merrily
• delightedly
• easily
• lightly
• gayly
• gaily
• casually
• calmly
• lightheartedly
• indifferently
• blithely
• rejoicingly
• nonchalantly
• stoically
• unconcernedly
• dispassionately
• well
• mirthfully
• impassively
• favorably
• blithesomely
• good-naturedly
• sunnily