MOAN

groan, moan

(noun) an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

groan, moan

(verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; “The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets”; “The ancient door soughed when opened”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

moan (plural moans)

a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

Verb

moan (third-person singular simple present moans, present participle moaning, simple past and past participle moaned)

(transitive, now rare) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.]

(intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve. [from 14th c.]

(transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden. [15th-17th c.]

(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.]

(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.]

(intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• See also complain

Anagrams

• Amon, Mano, Mona, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, mona, noma

Source: Wiktionary

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Moan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] Etym: [AS. m 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. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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