wail

/weɪl/ verb [I, T]

Translation

PERSON › to cry loudly because you are very unhappy

hıçkıra hıçkıra/hüngür hüngür ağlamak; feryat etmek; yaygarayı basmak

"I've lost my mummy," she wailed.1093

DANGER › If a siren (= loud noise to warn of danger) wails, it makes a noise.

acı acı siren çalmak; feryat etmek

Somewhere in the distance a police siren was wailing.1092

wail noun [C] ›

feryat etme

(Definition of wail verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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