Moan

What do we mean by moan?

A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain. noun

A similar sound. noun

A complaint. noun

To utter a moan or moans. intransitive verb

To make a sound resembling a moan. intransitive verb

To complain, lament, or grieve. intransitive verb

To bewail or bemoan. intransitive verb

To utter with moans or a moan. intransitive verb

A low dull sound expressing grief or pain; a sound of lamentation not so deep as a groan; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cries. noun

A low dull sound resembling that made by a person moaning. noun

Lament: lamentation; complaint: especially in the phrase to make one's moan. noun

To utter a low dull sound expressive of physical or mental suffering; lament inarticulately or with mournful utterance.

To give forth a saddening or gloomy sound, like one in distress; sound like a low cry of distress.

To murmur; complain; protest.

To lament; deplore; bewail.

To cause to make lamentation; afflict; distress: as, “which infinitely moans me,”

Moa-like; of or pertaining to a moa.

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

Words that are spelled similarly to moan:
moan.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word moan:
groan, okeh, moaning, sigh, polynesian, samoan, snake, tonga, christina, lemon, shame, assemblies, ori, blues, nordic, cambodia, bark, hawaiian, blind, paramount, jefferson, ski, soul, pain, samuel, heard, sounds, jackson, suffering, snow, norwegian, ceo, musician, mississippi, feel, folk, languages, singing, inc, express, kill, islands, voice, black, recorded, let, you, featuring.

Words that rhyme with moan:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, 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 moan:
low, soft, little, long, faint, deep, loud, piteous, slight, plaintive, stifled, occasional, feeble, sweet, muffled, sad, hollow, pitiful, guttural, dull, heavy, tiny, quiet, distant, utter, inarticulate, strangled, melancholy, involuntary, anguished, audible, pitched, wild, painful, weak, angry, terrible, drawn, strange, mournful, agonized, bitter, hoarse, collective, slow, gentle, silent, sharp, dismal, bemoaned, prolonged, suppressed, continuous, constant, perpetual, broken, weary, sullen, helpless, delicious, sudden, steady, expiratory, eerie, solemn, awful, fearful, desolate, smothered, tortured, dreary, monotonous, ragged, ceaseless, harsh, inward, thin, agonizing, melodious, dolorous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective moan:
temperature, bird, hardie, book, mitte, number.

Consonant match to moan:
man, mean, moon, mine, mien, main, men, mane, mein, mon, maine, min, mann, mayne, mun, mone, minh, moines, meine, munn, manne, moen, mahn, maneh, moone, mohn, menn, monn, meyn, menne, maune, mihn.

Words that sound like moan:
moan, mon, mone, mown, moen, man, mine, mean, moon, men, main, mane, min, maine, mun, mien, meen, mann, mein, mome, mayne, minh, maan, moun, moines, monn, munn, manne, myn, mawn, moin, mahn, menn, mene, minne, mman, wman, minn, mayn, moone, moine, moam, maun, manh, meine, mohn, meyn, mesne, menne, -man, miene, -men, known, noen, moai, mom, mo, mime, moe, meme, ming, mam, moans, mona, maim, moaned, mem, mame, moaner, maam, mang, mim, mmm, moey, moa, mau, meem, hmong, maon, meng, ma'am, moh, moana, mmo, mayme, marone, malm, mamm, meaux, maung, moah, mihm, moln, mng, momme, -mo, miem, maang, -mony, moaa.