moan

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.

   • let out a deep moan
   • We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.
2. 2

   A lament or sorrow.

   • to make one's moan
   • it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours.
   • to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…]
3. 3

   To complain about

   To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

   • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
   • 1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
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   1. 4

      To grieve.

   2. 5

      To make a moan or similar sound.

      • She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.
      • They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.
   3. 6

      To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

      • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
   4. 7

      To complain

      To complain; to grumble.

   5. 8

      To distress (someone)

      To distress (someone); to sadden.

      • which infinitely moans me
   6. 9

      Of or pertaining to a moa.

The neighborhood

• neighborbemoan
• neighborlament
• neighbormurmur
• neighborprotest