Synonyms for moan
moʊnmoan

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. groan, moanverb

   an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

   Synonyms:
   groan

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:
   groan

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. moanverb

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] lament, deplore, mourn, bemoan, weep for, grieve for

2. moanverb

   Synonyms:
   grieve, mourn, make lamentation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "moan":

   complain

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How to use moan in a sentence?

1. S. J. Perelman:

   Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin .. it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

2. Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol:

   In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

3. Christina G. Rossetti:

   In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

4. Jean Anouilh:

   It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout -- not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now.

5. Atsushi Hirano:

   My grandfather didn't really like to speak about the war. At night, he would moan in his sleep. He would scream sometimes and I assumed it was because of the war, but I always thought I couldn't ask about it and then he died six years ago. I wish I had asked him more.