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Antonyms for moaning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mohn
Phonetic Transcription : moʊn


Definition of moaning

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].
  • verb groan, complain
Example sentences :
  • Now the wind came like a wolf down the Murchison Pass, howling and moaning.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Whenever the turnkey was coming he was groaning and moaning on the bed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The oak tree beside it stood quieted of its moaning and tossing.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • In the most pathetic way she dragged herself after me, moaning and beseeching for help.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • A woman is holding her head and moaning and threatening to faint all over the place.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Cuspidors » by V. R. Francis
  • At once Chopin ceased his moaning and weeping and came over to the instrument.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • The sound of his own voice, moaning in his ears, had a magical effect upon him.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Only the moaning of the wind continued, high in the tree tops.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • The sound of the sea, eternally slow and sad and moaning, haunted me like a passion.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • He had been moaning and sentimentalizing but then suddenly he showed me his fangs.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for moaning

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