Moan

//məʊn// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

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

    "let out a deep moan"

  2. 2
    an utterance expressing pain or disapproval wordnet
  3. 3
    A lament or sorrow. obsolete

    "to make one's moan"

Verb
  1. 1
    To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. UK, transitive

    "Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […]."

  2. 2
    indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure wordnet
  3. 3
    To grieve. intransitive, poetic
  4. 4
    To make a moan or similar sound. intransitive

    "She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex."

  5. 5
    To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. transitive

    "‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned."

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  1. 6
    To complain; to grumble. colloquial, intransitive
  2. 7
    To distress (someone); to sadden. obsolete, transitive

    "which infinitely moans me"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.

Etymology 2

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”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.

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