Meaning

2 senses
  1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.

    let out a deep moan

    We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.

    Stöhnen, Ächzen

    стонston

    сто́гінstóhin

  2. (obsolete)A lament or sorrow.

    to make one's moan

More definitions
  • an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

Examples

70 sentences
  1. The crowd moaned.

    Натовп стогнав. — Ahha

  2. Tom moaned in pain and screamed for help.

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

  4. Tom heard a moan.

  5. Tom moaned in pain.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a low cry of pain:
Русский
By meaning 1
a low cry of pain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a low cry of pain:

Origin

From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complai

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”).

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Forms

plural: moans
Singularmoan
Pluralmoans

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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