慟どう哭こく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

wailing; lamentation; crying loudly

Intense, audible grief; often used in literary or dramatic contexts. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (慟哭する).

• 彼かの女じょは亡なき夫おっとの棺かんにすがり、慟どう哭こくした。

  She clung to her late husband's coffin and wailed.