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. 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.

2. Lewis Lapham:

   We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.

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. 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.

5. Daniel Irwin:

   Last time I saw him, he was lying on the floor making a sustained monotone moan.