wailing, bawling -- (loud cries made while weeping)
Overview of verb wail
The verb wail has 2 senses
howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup -- (emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow")
wail, whimper, mewl, pule -- (cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain")
Overview of adj wailing
The adj wailing has 1 sense
lamenting, wailing, wailful -- (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)