Meaning

3 senses

  1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

    let out a groan

    Stöhnen

    стонston

    сто́гінstóhin

  2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.

    Seufzen, Ächzen

  3. A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

    Knarren

More definitions
  • an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

Examples

73 sentences

  1. Tom is groaning.

    Том стогне. — deniko

    deTom stöhnt. — Felixjp

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  2. I could hear people groaning in pain.

    ruЯ слышала, как люди стонут от боли. — Wezel

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  3. I'm tired of hearing you moan and groan.

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  4. We could hear the groans of the injured man.

    ruМы слышали стоны раненого человека. — Lenin_1917

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  5. Tom stifled a groan.

    ruТом подавил стон. — marafon

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
low mournful uttered sound:
Русский
By meaning 1
low mournful uttered sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
low mournful uttered sound:
low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval:
low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight:

Origin

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”),

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”).

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Forms

plural: groans

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an utterance expressing pain or disapproval:moan

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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