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Antonyms for moan

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mohn
Phonetic Transcription : moʊn


Definition of moan

Origin :
  • c.1200, "lamentation, mourning, weeping; complaining, the expressing of complaints; a complaint; lover's complaint; accusation, charge," probably from an unrecorded Old English *man "complaint," related to Old English mænan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend, signify" (see mean (v.1)); but OED discounts this connection. Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some prolonged pain" is first recorded 1670s, "with onomatopoeic suggestion" [OED].
  • noun groan, complaint
  • verb groan, complain
Example sentences :
  • Before she had laughed at the weird complaining; now it sounded like a moan of misery.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Not a sound was heard but the moan of an occasional gust of wind.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • The wood followed us with a moan which was gathering to a roar.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Let her moan and groan and sigh away there—what did it matter!
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • Thereupon Macquart, seeing that he was about to be paid, began to moan.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • I could cry and moan like a small child, in my horrible emptiness and longing for Him.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • The wind had fallen until it was scarce above a moan in the shrouds.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • On the 28th of the same month, he was heard to moan again several times.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • With a moan of anguish she went down upon her knees beside him.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A moan escaped her, and she covered her face with her hands.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

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