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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
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
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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