Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to waul
Participle: wauled
Gerund: wauling
Indicative
Present
| I | waul |
| you | waul |
| he;she;it | wauls |
| we | waul |
| you | waul |
| they | waul |
Perfect
| I | have wauled |
| you | have wauled |
| he;she;it | has wauled |
| we | have wauled |
| you | have wauled |
| they | have wauled |
Past
| I | wauled |
| you | wauled |
| he;she;it | wauled |
| we | wauled |
| you | wauled |
| they | wauled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wauled |
| you | had wauled |
| he;she;it | had wauled |
| we | had wauled |
| you | had wauled |
| they | had wauled |
Future
| I | will waul |
| you | will waul |
| he;she;it | will waul |
| we | will waul |
| you | will waul |
| they | will waul |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wauled |
| you | will have wauled |
| he;she;it | will have wauled |
| we | will have wauled |
| you | will have wauled |
| they | will have wauled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | waul |
| you | waul |
| he;she;it | waul |
| we | waul |
| you | waul |
| they | waul |
Perfect
| I | have wauled |
| you | have wauled |
| he;she;it | have wauled |
| we | have wauled |
| you | have wauled |
| they | have wauled |
Imperfect
| I | wauled |
| you | wauled |
| he;she;it | wauled |
| we | wauled |
| you | wauled |
| they | wauled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wauled |
| you | had wauled |
| he;she;it | had wauled |
| we | had wauled |
| you | had wauled |
| they | had wauled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would waul |
| you | would waul |
| he;she;it | would waul |
| we | would waul |
| you | would waul |
| they | would waul |
Perfect
| I | would have wauled |
| you | would have wauled |
| he;she;it | would have wauled |
| we | would have wauled |
| you | would have wauled |
| they | would have wauled |
Imperative
| you | waul |
| we | Let's waul |
| you | waul |
Verbs conjugated like 'waul'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'waul'
haul,
maul,
wail,
wall,
wauk,
waulk,
wawl,
woul,
ail,
bail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”). See also wrawl. See: Danish '
vræle', Swedish '
vråla'.
Sample Sentences
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Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry. [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:]
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The Catapult wauled, "What if some poor man's dog was saved, — it was his comfort and defence; — he shared with the faithful creature his bread and butter: and when he dies, who watches his grave, — who, if we may so say, sheds a tear for the departed? — who, who, but his dog?[…]" [1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family, page 298:]
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A cattish ghost-familiar wauls from a monument's bronze shoulder, seeing him see it, and he shrieks back in its own language, pulling a face so horrible that pedestrians scatter out of his path, their white cottons flapping. [2004, Michael Cisco, The San Veneficio Canon, page 75:]