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Synonyms for groan
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.8 / 4 votes

  1. groan

    Synonyms:
    moan, whine, growl, grumble

    Antonyms:
    giggle, cackle, chuckle, titter, laugh

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. groan, moanverb

    an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

    Synonyms:
    moan

  2. groan, moanverb

    indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

    "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened"

    Synonyms:
    moan

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.5 / 2 votes

  1. groanverb

    Synonyms:
    moan

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.3 / 3 votes

  1. groann. v

    Synonyms:
    moan

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How to use groan in a sentence?

  1. J. R. R. Tolkien:

    There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.

  2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to cheer. In Wisconsin, we have enacted more than $2 billion in tax cuts, giving our citizens much-needed relief, call us crazy Midwesterners but we think you know how to spend your money better than the government.

  3. William Blake:

    My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud.


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