moan

Meaning

Noun

1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
2. (obsolete) A lament or sorrow.

Verb

1. (UK, transitive) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
2. (intransitive, poetic) To grieve.
3. (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
4. (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
5. (colloquial, intransitive) To complain; to grumble.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To distress (someone); to sadden.

Synonyms

groan

lament

complain

wail

grumble

cry

😢

bewail

sigh

bemoan

whimper

weep

roar

whine

hum

wailing

deplore

grunt

bitch

growl

howl

grouse

sob

😭

kick

mourn

mumble

complaint

gripe

mutter

cry over

kvetch

groaning

moaning

beef

sough

repine

rue

sadden

shout

snivel

snuffle

sorrow

squawk

suffer

weeping

whimpering

yowl

humble oneself

shed tears

speak of

suffer pain

Translations

gémir

stöhnen

gémissement

gemere

gemir

lamento

gemer

gemido

gemito

Stöhnen

axîn

lamentarsi

geindre

zuchten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məʊn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mone

Inherited from Old English: *mān

Cognate with Old Frisian: mēne

Cognate with Old High German: meina

Cognate with Old English: mǣnan

In summary

From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.