What is another word for moan?
750 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈə͡ʊn], [ mˈəʊn], [ m_ˈəʊ_n]
Moaning is the act of producing an audible sound that expresses discomfort, pain, or pleasure. There are various synonyms to describe this act such as groaning, sighing, grunting, whimpering, and whining. Each of the words can vary in intensity and tone, from a low and dull tone to a high-pitched and sharp sound. Groaning is often used to describe a deep, long sound associated with pain, while whimpering is normally used for expressing hurt or distress. Sighing can reflect a sense of satisfaction or disappointment, whereas grunting is typically associated with effort or physical strain. Whining can indicate a complaining or nagging tone. Overall, these synonyms offer a range of nuances and expressions to describe the act of moaning.
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Similar words for moan:
- complaint (noun)
- gripe (noun)
- groan, complaint (noun)
- growl (noun)
- howl (noun)
- lament/lamentation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- voice (noun)
- whine (noun)
- white noise (noun)
- howl (noun, verb)
- other relevant words (noun, verb)
- bewail (verb)
- bitch (verb)
- complain (verb)
- cry (verb)
- deplore (verb)
- gripe (verb)
- groan, complain (verb)
- hum (verb)
- lament (verb)
- mourn (verb)
- murmur (verb)
- regret (verb)
- repine (verb)
- sigh (verb)
- sorrow (verb)
- sound (verb)
- vocalize (verb)
- voice (verb)
- wail (verb)
- other synonyms
- cry
- lament
- niggle
- other relevant words
- regret
- sound
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Moan:
n.
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- shed tears.
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-satisfactions,
- re presentation,
- ex-postulations,
- re-monstrances,
- fault-findings,
- fault finding,
- re presentations,
- ex postulation,
- fault findings,
- ex postulations,
- faultfindings,
- dis satisfactions,
- re monstrances,
- re-monstrance,
- ex-postulation,
- re monstrance,
- CCS,
- re-presentations,
- dis satisfaction.
- dis order,
- dis-order,
- in dispositions,
- in disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- dis-tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis tress,
- in-disposition,
- dis-tresses,
- dis orders,
- dis-orders,
- achings.
- jeremiad,
- gripe,
- quested,
- white noise,
- keenings,
- complaint,
- threnody,
- gnarls,
- gnarl,
- siss,
- Gnarr,
- stink,
- outcried,
- plaints,
- whine,
- plaintive cry,
- growl,
- weepings,
- Baying,
- moanings,
- broadcasting noise,
- Gnarling,
- guff,
- yip,
- rumble,
- questing,
- keening,
- white sound,
- plaint,
- electrical noise,
- yipping,
- sissing,
- yipped,
- Re-presentation,
- lamentation,
- Bayed.
n. & v.
• howl (noun, verb) • Other relevant words: (noun, verb)v.
• bewail (verb)- be wail,
- singing blues,
- sang blues,
- be-moaned,
- eating heart out,
- sings the blues,
- be-wailed,
- be-wailing,
- grieved for,
- sung the blues,
- weeping over,
- be moaned,
- ate heart out,
- sang the blues,
- be-moan,
- grieving for,
- expresses sorrow,
- sings blues,
- be-moans,
- be moans,
- be moan,
- sung blues,
- be-moaning,
- sing blues,
- be wails,
- eats heart out,
- be-wails,
- be wailing,
- be moaning,
- be wailed,
- expressed sorrow,
- grieves for,
- weeps over,
- be-wail.
- moans and groan,
- pissing and moan about,
- pissed and moan about,
- piss moan about,
- moaning and groan,
- pisses and moan about,
- pisses moan about,
- moaned groan,
- moans groan,
- pissing moan about,
- pissed moan about,
- moaning groan,
- moaned and groan,
- moan groan.
- dis-approve,
- dis agrees,
- makes a fuss,
- dis sent,
- looking askance,
- made fuss,
- pro testing,
- sounds off,
- dis agreed,
- ex postulating,
- dis approves,
- ex postulates,
- kicked a fuss,
- kicks fuss,
- dis-agreed,
- dis approve,
- in-dict,
- in dict,
- dis approving,
- made a fuss,
- sounding off,
- kicks up fuss,
- kicked up a fuss,
- kicks up a fuss,
- kick fuss,
- pro tested,
- kick a fuss,
- kicking up fuss,
- dis-agreeing,
- pro-testing,
- making fuss,
- looked askance,
- ex-postulate,
- finds fault,
- kicked fuss,
- dis agree,
- kicks a fuss,
- kicking fuss,
- took exception to,
- dis-sent,
- dis-agrees,
- makes fuss,
- sounded off,
- pro-tested,
- looks askance,
- making a fuss,
- kicking a fuss,
- dis sents,
- ex postulate,
- make fuss,
- dis-approving,
- ex-postulates,
- ex-postulated,
- dis approved,
- found fault,
- kicked up fuss,
- ex postulated,
- kick up fuss,
- dis agreeing,
- dis-approves,
- finding fault,
- taking exception to,
- kicking up a fuss,
- dis-sents,
- takes exception to,
- ex-postulating,
- dis-agree,
- dis-approved.
- ate one's heart out,
- disapproves of,
- eats one heart out,
- eating one's heart out,
- eat one heart out,
- sorrows over,
- was against,
- eating ones heart out,
- eating one heart out,
- eats one's heart out,
- disapproving of,
- wast against,
- sorrowing over,
- wert against,
- objected to,
- disapproved of,
- ate ones heart out,
- art against,
- sorrowed over,
- am against,
- ate one heart out,
- being against,
- objects to,
- are against,
- eat ones heart out,
- were against,
- eats ones heart out,
- objecting to.
- bombilating,
- bombinated,
- sings low,
- bombinates,
- bombilates,
- bombilated,
- singing low,
- sung low,
- sang low.
- art brokenhearted,
- wearing black,
- wast brokenhearted,
- was sad,
- wert sad,
- is brokenhearted,
- wrings hands,
- art sad,
- was brokenhearted,
- am brokenhearted,
- wringing hands,
- wast sad,
- wrung hands,
- wears black,
- wore black,
- are brokenhearted,
- being sad,
- wert brokenhearted,
- is sad,
- were sad,
- are sad,
- were brokenhearted,
- am sad,
- being brokenhearted,
- longed for.
- stagewhisper,
- susurrated,
- susurrating,
- stage whispering,
- stagewhispering,
- susurrates,
- stage whispered,
- stage-whispers,
- stagewhispers,
- stagewhispered,
- stage-whispered,
- stage-whispering.
- had qualms,
- crying over spilled milk,
- looked back,
- hadst qualms,
- feeling sorry,
- feels uneasy,
- are sorry for,
- being disturbed,
- has qualms,
- felt uneasy,
- cries over,
- looks back,
- had compunctions,
- feeling uneasy,
- hath compunctions,
- art sorry for,
- am disturbed,
- having compunctions,
- felt sorry,
- hath qualms,
- haddest compunctions,
- cried over spilled milk,
- was sorry for,
- am sorry for,
- wast disturbed,
- crying over,
- haddest qualms,
- wert sorry for,
- wert disturbed,
- hast compunctions,
- having qualms,
- cried over,
- was disturbed,
- were sorry for,
- kicks oneself,
- hast qualms,
- cries over spilled milk,
- has compunctions,
- wast sorry for,
- feels sorry,
- kicked oneself,
- were disturbed,
- hadst compunctions,
- feeling remorse,
- are disturbed,
- is disturbed,
- kicking oneself.
- ex hales,
- ex-hale,
- ex haling,
- ex-hales,
- re-spired,
- ex-haling,
- re spiring,
- re-spires,
- ex-haled,
- ex hale,
- re spires,
- re spired,
- ex haled,
- re-spiring,
- re spire,
- re-spire.
- crying river,
- hanging crepe,
- hung crepe,
- hanged crepe,
- cries a river,
- cried a river,
- cry river,
- hangs crepe,
- cried river,
- crying a river,
- cries river.
Other synonyms:
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- fizz,
- hue and cry,
- fusillade,
- putter,
- Ouch,
- remonstrance,
- whirr,
- OW,
- mouth off,
- clunk,
- whir,
- ululation,
- earful,
- complain of,
- static,
- writhe.
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- cry out,
- rumbling,
- protestation,
- yelp,
- uproar,
- rant,
- yowl,
- brouhaha,
- kick up,
- start on,
- quibble,
- verbal,
- bellyache,
- thud.
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- throb.
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- start.
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- pitch.
- weep,
- sheds tears,
- letting go,
- Boohoo,
- blubs,
- let it all out,
- mewls,
- dissolve in tears,
- keened,
- Squalled,
- mewl,
- Mewling,
- let go,
- ring the blues,
- break down,
- Mewled,
- squalling,
- letting out,
- keens,
- dissolved in tears,
- blub,
- breaking down,
- burst into tears,
- blubbed,
- shedding tears,
- Boohooed,
- put on the weeps,
- Boohooing,
- lets go,
- turn on waterworks,
- shed bitter tears,
- blubbing.
- hated,
- thrum,
- sorrow over,
- stutter,
- wept over,
- yodel,
- anguished,
- Stammered,
- give out,
- Ned,
- Purling,
- bombinate,
- bombilate,
- crab,
- remonstrate,
- deplore,
- be sad,
- kvetching,
- sough,
- groan,
- hum,
- grumbling,
- blow off,
- weep over,
- bewail,
- regret,
- suspires,
- repine,
- verbalize,
- mutter,
- wear black,
- Moaned,
- let out,
- suspiring,
- longing for,
- eat one's heart out,
- grieve,
- sigh,
- susurrate,
- cry the blues,
- suspire,
- wring hands,
- Whirred,
- grouch,
- disapprove of,
- sing the blues,
- Gurgling,
- grumped,
- eat heart out,
- expressing sorrow,
- Purring,
- piss and moan about,
- find fault,
- Thrumming,
- whimper,
- kick up a fuss,
- Bumming,
- Thrummed,
- is against,
- sing low,
- Suspired,
- wailing,
- Purred,
- look askance,
- cry a river,
- grieve for,
- wail,
- thrums,
- belt out,
- bitch,
- beefed,
- stage-whisper,
- grumping,
- express sorrow,
- sound,
- groused,
- N,
- beefing,
- Bummed,
- murmur,
- kvetch,
- make a fuss,
- canary,
- let it out,
- mourn,
- grumble,
- take exception to,
- object to,
- cry,
- complain,
- Bleating,
- moan and groan,
- Purled,
- vocalize,
- rue,
- Rued,
- bombinating,
- sound off,
- NS,
- sorrow,
- Fussed,
- jowled,
- be against,
- long for,
- purls,
- Hates,
- Fussing,
- hang crepe,
- canaries,
- yammer,
- longs for,
- indict,
- grousing,
- be brokenhearted,
- singing the blues,
- jowling,
- Bleated,
- ululate,
- purl.
- look back,
- have compunctions,
- be disturbed,
- felt remorse,
- kick oneself,
- cry over,
- Regretted,
- feel sorry,
- cry over spilled milk,
- feel uneasy,
- be sorry for,
- feel remorse,
- have qualms,
- being sorry for,
- looking back,
- feels remorse,
- is sorry for.
- ailment,
- animadvert,
- squall,
- dirge,
- deplorable,
- accusation,
- bellow,
- yawp,
- melancholy,
- sad,
- breathe,
- tell off,
- snarl,
- sniff,
- elegize,
- gloomy,
- downcast,
- groaning,
- fret,
- funereal,
- dolorous,
- tirade,
- baa,
- charge,
- Whinge,
- pitiful,
- heaving,
- depressed,
- rend the air,
- lamentable,
- dejected,
- doleful,
- bad,
- dress down,
- heave,
- knell,
- blubber,
- Miserere,
- kick,
- join together,
- tears,
- opine,
- mew,
- miserable,
- sing,
- dreary,
- lugubrious,
- outcry,
- roar,
- bleat,
- monody,
- elegy,
- squawk,
- objection,
- swoon,
- harp on,
- accuse,
- Gravamen,
- fuss,
- snivel,
- pipe,
- planctus,
- bleak,
- indicate pain,
- screech,
- yawl,
- draw up,
- let loose,
- pensive,
- cavil,
- criticism,
- suffer,
- pule,
- piteous,
- greet,
- suspiration,
- grizzle,
- criticize,
- gasp,
- inveigh,
- bark,
- grievance,
- dismal,
- moon,
- jammer,
- grave,
- nag,
- rave against,
- whistle,
- moaning.
How to use "Moan" in context?
What is a moan?
When people moan, they are making a low, uncontrolled sound that usually indicates pleasure. Sometimes people moan for attention, for comfort, or for sexual pleasure.
Paraphrases for Moan:
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Verb, base form
complain.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Moan:
- mamma, minimum, mao, may, mho, mommy, mania, maim, M.M., maya, moneyman, mine, miaow, Moonie, monoamine, many an, mean, moue, may 24, mammea, maw, moon, minah, memo, mayhem, maia, m2, manama, mahimahi, mown, ma, m3, mo, many, mu, 8 May 1945, myoma, man, men, ma'am, mina, menominee, mummy, main, mien, minim, menuhin, mom, min, miaou, mew, menu, mooneye, m1, miami, mon, mini, meme, maha, minion, meany, momma, meanie, menomini, monomania, mayan, mammon, mimeo, mya, mamo, myna, mahan, manannan, miao, me, mono, mime, m-1, mannheim, mam, moo, minium, mum, mei, mahoe, Moho, maoi, mammee, maine, mahayana, mann, Minyan, moon on, Mone, mem, muumuu, moa, moony, mn, meow, mamey, mym, M, muon, mahonia, mynah, money, moynihan, mm, may 1, many a, mi, mama, manna, moen, mammy, minoan, mow, mane, mayenne, may wine, mona, mayhaw, minnow, mnium, mayo, maui.
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