Groan

What do we mean by groan?

To voice a deep, inarticulate sound, as of pain, grief, or displeasure. intransitive verb

To make a sound expressive of stress or strain. intransitive verb

To utter or express with groans or a groan. intransitive verb

The sound made in groaning. noun

To breathe with a deep murmuring sound expressive of grief or pain; utter a deep, low-toned, moaning sound: often used figuratively.

To long or strive with deep earnestness, and as if with groans.

To express disapproval of or to silence by means of groans: usually with down: as, the speaker was groaned down.

A low, deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief; figuratively, any natural sound resembling this, and having a mournful or dismal effect. noun

A deep murmuring sound uttered in derision or disapprobation: opposed to cheer or applause. noun

The noise made by a buck at rutting-time. noun

To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. intransitive verb

To strive after earnestly, as with groans. intransitive verb

To affect by groans. transitive verb

A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation. noun

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. noun

A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval. noun

To make a groan. verb

An utterance expressing pain or disapproval noun

Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure verb

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.

(of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

Words that are spelled similarly to groan:
groan, croan, roan, groin, groat, grown, gran, groak, goan, groen, grogan, grean, growan, gron, groa, groban, groman, iroan, graan, grian.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word groan:
fuchsia, gape, titus, cora, gertrude, countess, ritual, pain, heir, earl, tube, adapted, noise, bbc, alone, brian, sisters, lord, becomes, ray, starring, inc, heard, castle, say, jones, tells, boy, says, turned, dead.

Words that rhyme with groan:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, throne, backbone, telephone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, millstone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone, cortisone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe groan:
deep, low, loud, long, little, hollow, faint, heavy, stifled, muffled, last, soft, slight, single, collective, suppressed, utter, audible, inward, involuntary, smothered, occasional, dismal, terrible, universal, hoarse, short, agonized, bitter, feeble, dull, piteous, guttural, prolonged, dreadful, half, awful, painful, sudden, horrible, strangled, silent, fearful, mighty, anguished, quiet, weak, mock, agonizing, longer, sharp, frustrated, drawn, mournful, angry, harsh, heartfelt, pitiful, tortured, weary, convulsive, exasperated, metallic, impatient, slow, rumbling, hideous, endless, inarticulate, deadly, husky, huge, deeper, exaggerated, rending, subdued, unearthly, distant, ragged, plaintive, unanimous, dolorous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective groan:
maker, causer, reference, laughter, sigh, work, context, business.

Consonant match to groan:
green, grain, grin, groin, groyne, grown, gran, greene, grine, grane, grene, grun, gruen, gren, groen, grone, grein, grahn, gruhn.

Words that sound like groan:
grown, groan, grone, groen, green, grin, grain, gran, groin, gren, greene, grine, grean, grun, gron, grinn, grane, grene, groyne, graine, grainne, gruen, grein, grahn, grune, garonne, gurren, grand-, graan, granne, crone, carone, krohn, croan, grow, gram, grim, groom, grime, graham, groans, groaned, grimm, gro, goen, graeme, grom, groe, grum, grimme, gurn, gramm, goan, gramme, grem, groaner, grame, groome, gern, girn, grn, groner, groa, grume, groh, gaon, gerne, grong, grow on, grothe, gareau, greim, grow in, growan, -gram, crown, chrome, crane, croon, crome, careen, cran, corinne, cron, crain, chron, curran, crean, curren, caren, crine, craine, crin, creen, crohn, corine, cren, irone, carene, -chrome.