moan
noun
[ məʊn ]
• a long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure.
• "she gave a low moan of despair"
Similar:
groan,
wail,
whimper,
sob,
cry,
whine,
howl,
lament,
lamentation,
keen,
• a complaint which is perceived as trivial and not taken seriously by others.
• "there were moans about the car's feeble ventilation"
Similar:
complaint,
complaining,
grouse,
grousing,
moans and groans,
grouch,
grouching,
grumble,
grumbling,
whine,
whining,
carping,
muttering,
murmur,
murmuring,
whispering,
twine,
gripe,
griping,
bellyache,
bitch,
beef,
beefing,
whinge,
whingeing,
moan
verb
• make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure.
• "just then their patient moaned and opened his eyes"
• complain or grumble, typically about something trivial.
• "passengers moaned about overcrowded coaches"
Similar:
complain,
grouse,
grouch,
grumble,
whine,
carp,
mutter,
murmur,
whisper,
mither,
twine,
gripe,
bellyache,
bitch,
beef,
whinge,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘complaint or lamentation’): of unknown origin.
