About The Word Moan
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Moan
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What's The Definition Of Moan?
[n] an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
[v] indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" Synonyms | Synonyms for Moan: groan | groan | sough Related Terms | Find terms related to Moan: bawl | beef | bemoan | bewail | bitch | complain | complaint | cry | cry out | deplore | dirge | dolorous tirade | elegize | give sorrow words | grievance | grieve | gripe | groan | grouse | growl | grumble | howl | jeremiad | keen | knell | lament | lamentation | make an outcry | mewl | moaning | mourn | murmur | mutter | outcry | pipe | plaint | planctus | pule | repine | roar | scream | screech | shriek | sigh | sing | sing the blues | snarl | snivel | sob | sorrow | sough | squall | tirade | ululate | ululation | wail | wail of woe | weep | weep over | whimper | whine | whisper | whistle | yawl | yawp | yell | yowl See Also | emit | let loose | let out | utter | utterance | vocalization Moan In Webster's Dictionary \Moan\ (m[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moaned} (m[=o]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Moaning}.] [AS. m[=ae]nan to moan, also, to
mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf.
{Mean} to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether
articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make
him moan. --Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;
as, the wind moans.
\Moan\, v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. --Prior. 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] Which infinitely moans me. --Beau. & Fl. \Moan\, n. [OE. mone. See {Moan}, v. i.] 1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. Sullen moans, hollow groans. --Pope. 2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron. |
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