moan.
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
Meaning & usage
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
let out a deep moan
We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.
A lament or sorrow.
to make one's moan
Where this word comes from
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.
To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
To grieve.
To make a moan or similar sound.
She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.
To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
To complain; to grumble.
To distress (someone); to sadden.
Where this word comes from
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.
Of or pertaining to a moa.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English moa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English moan From moa + -an.
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