wailing

A loud drawn out scream or howl.

• 'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

present participle and gerund of wailform-ofgerundparticiple

• Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.