Moan

/məʊn/

Synonyms for "moan" (104 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(9 words)

groan bitching bleats blubbering carp complain complaining complaint cry

bawl beef bemoan bewail bitch complain complaint cry

Verb(4 words)

bemoaned bleated complained complains

Strong matches (31)

cry outdeplore dirgedolorous tiradeelegizegive sorrow wordsgrievance grieve gripe groan grouse growl grumble heave howl jeremiad keen knell lament

Verb(3 words)

griped groan groaned

Noun(9 words)

gripes griping groaning groans grouch grouches grumble grumbling lament

Related words (52)

lamentationmake an outcrymewl moaning mourn murmur mutter outcry pipe plaint planctus pule repine roar scream screech shriek sigh singsing the blues

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snarl snivel sob sorrow sough squall tirade ululate ululation wailwail of woeweepweep overwhimper whine whisper whistle yawl yawp yell yowl

Noun(8 words)

murmur protest sniveling soughing soughs whimpers whining yammers

Verb(3 words)

sadden soughed whimpered

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

emitexpress dissatisfactionexpressionlet looselet outnoise signal sound utter utterance vocalization

More specific

10 entries

carpcomplaint moandissent moangrievance moangroan grumblelong moanmurmurpainful moanwind moan

Collocations

8 entries

a moanechoing moanlong moanloud moanmournful moanpainful moanpleasurable moansoft moan

Inflections

3 entries

moaned moaning moans

Derivations

3 entries

moaner moaning remoan

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am tired of hearing you moan and groan.

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The pain is always milder than the moan.

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Tom gave a low moan.

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As she was tied and gagged in the dark room, Layla was moaning and she could hear a person moan back.

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