wailer

intransitive verb

1. to express grief or pain by long, loud cries
2. to make a plaintive, sad, crying sound: the wind wailing in the trees
3. Jazz, Slang to play in an intense or inspired manner

transitive verb

1. to lament; mourn: to wail someone's death
2. to cry out in mourning or lamentation

noun

1. a long, pitiful cry of grief and pain
2. a sound like this
3. the act of wailing