I am tired of hearing you moan and groan.
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Groan
//ɡɹəʊn//
Synonyms for "groan" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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Translations
114 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- στεναγμός noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- στενάζω verb (to make a groan)
Arabic
4 entries- آهَة noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- أَنِين noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- أَنِين noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- آنّ verb (to make a groan)
Aromanian
2 entries- dzem verb (to make a groan)
- shcljimur verb (to make a groan)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- inilti noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- zarıltı noun (low mournful uttered sound)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- bidoing verb (to make a groan)
Belarusian
1 entries- е́нчыць verb (to make a groan)
Bulgarian
4 entries- охкане noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- пъ́шкане noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- стон noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- стон noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
Catalan
4 entries- cruixit noun (low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight)
- gemec noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- rondineig noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- sospir noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ناڵاندن verb (to make a groan)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 呻吟 verb (to make a groan)
Czech
2 entries- sten noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- sténat verb (to make a groan)
Danish
1 entries- stønne verb (to make a groan)
Dutch
1 entries- zuchten verb (to make a groan)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĝemo noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- ĝemi verb (to make a groan)
Finnish
3 entries- urina noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- urina noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- urista verb (to make a groan)
French
4 entries- grognement noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- grondement noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- gémissement noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- gémissement noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
Friulian
1 entries- gemi verb (to make a groan)
Galician
4 entries- alaio noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- laio noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- arquexar verb (to make a groan)
- aruixar verb (to make a groan)
German
4 entries- Knarren noun (low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight)
- Seufzen noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- Stöhnen noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- Ächzen noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyög verb (to make a groan)
Irish
1 entries- ochlán noun (low mournful uttered sound)
Italian
1 entries- gemere verb (to make a groan)
Japanese
3 entries- 呻き noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- 呻き声 noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- 呻く verb (to make a groan)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- jemidu noun (low mournful uttered sound)
Korean
2 entries- 신음 noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- 신음(呻吟)하다 verb (to make a groan)
Latin
2 entries- gemitus noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- gemō verb (to make a groan)
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔagəq verb (to make a groan)
Māori
4 entries- ngū noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- aurere verb (to make a groan)
- hāware verb (to make a groan)
- ngū verb (to make a groan)
Norman
1 entries- honner verb (to make a groan)
Norwegian
1 entries- stønne verb (to make a groan)
Occitan
1 entries- gemegar verb (to make a groan)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- زار noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- زار noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
Persian
1 entries- نالیدن verb (to make a groan)
Polish
2 entries- jęk noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- jęczeć verb (to make a groan)
Portuguese
3 entries- gemido noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- suspiro noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- gemer verb (to make a groan)
Romanian
1 entries- geme verb (to make a groan)
Russian
2 entries- стон noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- стона́ть verb (to make a groan)
Sardinian
1 entries- tunchiare verb (to make a groan)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- stenjati verb (to make a groan)
Spanish
4 entries- gemido noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- gruñido noun (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval)
- quejido noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- gemir verb (to make a groan)
Swedish
4 entries- stön noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- jämra verb (to make a groan)
- kvida verb (to make a groan)
- stöna verb (to make a groan)
Turkish
3 entries- inilti noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- inleme noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- inlemek verb (to make a groan)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сто́гін noun (low mournful uttered sound)
- стогна́ти verb (to make a groan)
Vietnamese
1 entries- rên verb (to make a groan)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tom stifled a groan.
Source: tatoeba (2647412)
A groan escaped him.
Source: tatoeba (2937248)
He let out an exaggerated groan and put his hand on the doorknob.
Source: tatoeba (3739276)
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