groan
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
a deep, inarticulate sound uttered in derision, disapproval, desire, etc.
a deep grating or creaking sound due to a sudden or continued overburdening, as with a great weight: We heard the groan of the ropes as the crane lowered the heavy cargo into the ship's hold.
to utter a deep, mournful sound expressive of pain or grief.
to make a deep, inarticulate sound expressive of derision, disapproval, desire, etc.
to make a sound resembling a groan; resound harshly: The steps of the old house groaned under my weight.
to be overburdened or overloaded.
to suffer greatly or lamentably: groaning under an intolerable burden.
to utter or express with groans.
Origin of groan
1synonym study For groan
Other words from groan
- groaner, noun
- groan·ing·ly, adverb
- un·der·groan, noun
- un·groan·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with groan
- groan , grown
Words Nearby groan
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How to use groan in a sentence
Other lifters’ grunts and groans won’t spoil your zone at the gym and the park’s murmurs will become distant if not non-existent while you do laps around the lake.
Best noise-cancelling headphones under $100 of 2022 | Nicholas Ware | June 24, 2022 | Popular-ScienceWireless earbuds have flown out of my ears onto the treadmill or delivered less-than-impressive volume levels, allowing the grunts and groans of weightlifters into my rhythm.
JBL Reflect Flow Pro active sport earbuds review: Workout-approved true wireless | Quinn Gawronski | February 25, 2022 | Popular-ScienceSo if you get into this puritan mode that to survive we’re all going to have to shelter in place forever, it’s a groan from everybody.
"You Need to Use Hope like a Club to Beat Your Opponent." Kim Stanley Robinson on Climate Change and Fiction | Aryn Baker | September 8, 2021 | TimeNocturnal grunts, gasps, and groans harmonized to sounds of crashing waves.
Paradise lost: Remembering the popular Rehoboth men’s guest house | James Sears | September 2, 2021 | Washington BladeMention “virtual class” and you can almost hear a collective groan reverberate through the internet.
Immediately following the groan of disappointment, a conspiracy of silence began.
Copper mining is the most toxic form of metal mining in the United States, but you can only moan and groan about it so much.
Copper, the Metal That Runs the World: ‘Boom, Bust, Boom,’ by Bill Carter | Peter Madden | October 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI've been going by this billboard almost daily for the best part of a month, and it still makes me laugh, and groan.
Sure, if Romney finishes below 40 percent the media will moan and groan that he failed to meet expectations.
Will New Hampshire’s Primary Matter in the 2012 GOP Nomination Battle? | Howard Kurtz | January 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen we hear a groan in the audience we know we did something right, because they get it.
Glenn Beck’s ‘Daily Show’ Is the Right’s Latest Bid at Funny | McKay Coppins | November 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterWith a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonTom sat down as he said this, and, uttering a sort of groan, leaned his back against a tree.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneWith a groan and a curse the guerrilla chieftain yielded himself a prisoner.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnYou must imagine this sound as something between a grunt and a groan, that the estimable lady gave vent to whenever put out.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for groan
/ (ɡrəʊn) /
a prolonged stressed dull cry expressive of agony, pain, or disapproval
a loud harsh creaking sound, as of a tree bending in the wind
informal a grumble or complaint, esp a persistent one
to utter (low inarticulate sounds) expressive of pain, grief, disapproval, etc: they all groaned at Larry's puns
(intr) to make a sound like a groan
(intr, usually foll by beneath or under) to be weighed down (by) or suffer greatly (under): the country groaned under the dictator's rule
(intr) informal to complain or grumble
Origin of groan
1Derived forms of groan
- groaning, noun, adjective
- groaningly, adverb
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