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moan

[mohn]
–noun
1. a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
2. any similar sound: the moan of the wind.
3. complaint or lamentation.
–verb (used without object)
4. to utter moans, as of pain or grief.
5. (of the wind, sea, trees, etc.) to make any sound suggestive of such moans: The wind moaned through the trees.
–verb (used with object)
6. to utter (something) inarticulately or pitifully, as if in lamentation: He moaned his response.
7. to lament or bemoan: to moan one's fate.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME mone, man(e) (n.), OE *mān, inferred from its deriv. mǣnan to mourn


moanful, adjective
moan⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
moan⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


1. See groan. 4. grieve. 4, 7. mourn. 7. deplore.
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