Keening sound of grief

verb

1. To express sorrow audibly lament
2. To make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry
3. To express dissatisfaction plaintively complain
4. To say or express plaintively

   "wailed that her cake was ruined"

5. Bewail

noun

1. A usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain
2. A sound suggestive of wailing

   "the wail of an air-raid siren"

3. A querulous expression of grievance complaint
4. The act or practice of wailing} {bcloud lamentation