moan
Plural: moans
Noun
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
- A lament or sorrow.
Verb
Verb Forms: moaned, moaning, moans
- To utter a low, mournful sound, often indicating pain.
- indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
- To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
- To grieve.
- To make a moan or similar sound.
- To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
- To complain; to grumble.
- To distress (someone); to sadden.
Examples
- His opponent began to MOAN softly after he played a seven-letter word on a triple-word score.
- let out a deep moan
- She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.
- to make one's moan
- We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.
- ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
Synonyms
groan, aggrieve, attrist, beef, begloom, begrieve, bellyache, bemoan, besorrow, bitch, bleat, bleed, bring down, carp, chunter, complain, condole, contristate, crab, croak, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, dump on, engrieve, erme, forset, frine, get down, girn, give out, gloom, grieve, grieven, gripe, grotch, grouch, grouse, grumble, grump, gruntle, harp, inveigh, kvetch, lament, latrate, make a stink, moan, mourn, murmur, mutter, nag, nark, nudzh, oppress, pinch, piss and moan, rail, regret, repine, ride, rue, sadden, sadden up, sigh, snivel, sorrow, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset, wayment, whine, whinge, yearn
Scrabble Score: 6
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