Wailer (Noun)
Meaning
A mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The grieving woman was a wailer, letting out piercing screams that echoed through the streets at her loved one's funeral.
- In some cultures, a wailer is hired to lament the deceased, often to display the family's wealth and respect for the dead.
- Her high-pitched wails as a wailer still echoed in his mind years after the tragic event.
- A group of professional wailers attended the traditional funeral to lead the mourning rituals.
- At the funeral procession, the loud cries of the wailer drew attention from the surrounding crowd.