wailful

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wailful
    adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
           expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the
           wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires
           with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: {lamenting},
           {wailing}, {wailful}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wailful \Wail"ful\, a.
   Sorrowful; mournful. " Like wailful widows." --Spenser.
   "Wailful sonnets." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]