9
mourning(noun, keen, sorrow, cry, woe)
7
wailing(noun, verb, keen, sorrow, cry)
6
moaning(noun, verb, keen, sorrow, grief)
4
howling(noun, verb, cry, howl, lament)
3
lament(noun, verb, cry, complain, fret)
2
alerting
2
bemoaning
2
arching
2
bittering
2
brighting
2
cleaning
2
fining
2
bawling(noun, cry, howl, lament, weep)
2
lamentation(noun, sorrow, cry, woe, will)
2
penetrating
2
sharping
2
smarting
2
sorrow(noun, verb, keen, complain, fret)
2
warming
1
bewailing(noun, verb, cry, howl, lament)
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