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wail
to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain. -
banshee
In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die. -
caterwaul
If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight. -
damned
Damned is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry or frustrated. -
keen
finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor. -
keening
a wailing lament for the dead.