a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger:

嘆き悲しみ, むせび泣き, 泣き叫ぶ声.

e.g. Christopher let out a wail.

a sound resembling a prolonged high-pitched cry:

(風などの)悲しげな音, むせび音（ね）, 長く甲高い音.

e.g. the wail of an air-raid siren.

verb no object

give a cry of pain, grief, or anger:

〈人が〉 «…で/…を思って［求めて］/…について» (甲高い声で)泣き叫ぶ, むせび泣く, 嘆く «with/for/about, over»

e.g. Tina ran off wailing

e.g. with direct speech : “But why?” she wailed.

make a sound resembling a wail:

〈サイレン･警報･風などが〉長く甲高い音を立てる, 泣くような音を出す

e.g. the wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure.

with object literary manifest or feel deep sorrow for; lament:

｟文･詩｠ …を嘆き悲しむ

e.g. she wailed her wretched life.

wailer |ˈwālər| noun

Middle English: from Old Norse; related to woe.