Moan

/məʊn/ · noun

Meaning

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure..

Definitions by Sense

1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
2. (obsolete) A lament or sorrow.
3. (transitive, chiefly UK) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
4. (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve.
5. (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
6. (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
7. (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.

Example Sentences

let out a deep moan

We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.

to make one's moan

it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours.

to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…]

Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].

She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.

They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.

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Antonyms for moan

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Word Forms

• moans
• moaning
• moaned
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• moanest
• moanedst
• moaneth
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• more moan
• most moan

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