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Definitions for Moan

[1] a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
[2] any similar sound: the moan of the wind.
[3] complaint or lamentation.
[4] to utter moans, as of pain or grief.
[5] (of the wind, sea, trees, etc.) to make any sound suggestive of such moans: The wind moaned through the trees.
[6] to utter (something) inarticulately or pitifully, as if in lamentation: He moaned his response.
[7] to lament or bemoan: to moan one's fate.
[8] a low prolonged mournful sound expressive of suffering or pleading
[9] any similar mournful sound, esp that made by the wind
[10] a grumble or complaint
[11] to utter (words) in a low mournful manner
[12] (intr) to make a sound like a moan
[13] (usually intr) to grumble or complain (esp in the phrase moan and groan )

Words related to Moan

gripe, sigh, sob, whine, wail, carp, grumble, mourn, grieve, cry, grouse, beef, lament, lamentation, plaint, bewail, bemoan, keen, deplore

Words nearby Moan

moa hunter, moab, moabite, moabite stone, moai, moan, moat, mob, mob-handed, moba, mobcap

Origin of Moan

1175–1225; Middle English mone, man(e ) (noun), Old English *mān, inferred from its derivative mǣnan to mourn

Other words from Moan

moan·ful , adjective
moan·ful·ly , adverb
moan·ing·ly , adverb
un·moaned , adjective
un·moan·ing , adjective

Word origin for Moan

C13: related to Old English mǣnan to grieve over

Synonyms for Moan

gripe, sigh, sob, wail, whine, beef, cry, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint