Moan

Noun

 * 1) a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

Verb

 * 1) to make a moan or similar sound
 * 2) to complain

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

 * moaner
 * moany

Related terms

 * bemoan

Adjectives for Moan
tender; sullen; insidious; enchanted; solemn; untimely; dying; peevish; stifled; weird; faint; alternate; pathetic; broken; everlasting; repentant; languid; lovely; wailing; low; perpetual; sobbing; desolate; shivering; harmonious; angry; doleful; occasional; harsh; short; mortal.

Verbs for Moan
emit—; endure—s; muffle—; silence—s; stifle—; swell—s; throttle—; tolerate—; — chills; —disquiets; —escapes the lips; — gnaws; —pierces; —rends; —stirs; — weighs; —wrenches.

Adverbs for Moan
dolefully; spasmodically; lugubriously; disconsolately; heartrendingly; fitfully; tremulously; grievously; pathetically; tragically; agonizingly; appallingly; distractedly; desolately; weirdly; inarticulately.

Thesaurus
bawl, beef, bemoan, bewail, bitch, complain, complaint, cry, cry out, deplore, dirge, dolorous tirade, elegize, give sorrow words, grievance, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, howl, jeremiad, keen, knell, lament, lamentation, make an outcry, mewl, moaning, mourn, murmur, mutter, outcry, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, repine, roar, scream, screech, shriek, sigh, sing, sing the blues, snarl, snivel, sob, sorrow, sough, squall, tirade, ululate, ululation, wail, wail of woe, weep, weep over, whimper, whine, whisper, whistle, yawl, yawp, yell, yowl

Etymology
From mone:, mane:, man:, from  *undefined:, from. Inferred from mænan:. More at mean.

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:, ,


 * Polish: jęk
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * Asturian: ximir
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: gèmere


 * Polish: jęczeć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * French: se plaindre, geindre
 * Italian:


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Kurdish: nalîn, axîn, oxîn, ofîn
 * Spanish: gemir

Anagrams

 * Mona, noma, Oman

Anagrams

 * Oman, oman