[
UK
/mˈəʊn/
]
[ US /ˈmoʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈmoʊn/ ]
NOUN
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
VERB
-
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets
The ancient door soughed when opened
How To Use moan In A Sentence
- A lot of people moaned about the parking problems.
- A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes! TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- It was a simple rectangle of crudely mounded basalt rocks, a distinctive arrangement reminiscent of the way Samoans and other Polynesians marked their dead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- I kela manawa a Laieikawai me Halaaniani e heenalu ana mai ka moana mai, ua uhiia ko Waka mana e ka mana nui o Malio, a nolaila, ua ike ole o The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
- they moaned in despair and dismay
- By her own instruction she moaned and whined a lot.
- As he fell and rolled on the ground he moaned and groaned.
- I sucked and gargled and gulped my man down until his toes opened and closed and he started grabbing and clutching the sheets, moaning out my name. Deep Throat Diva
- Don't sit there moaning and complaining about all the work you've got to do.
- It's never too late to add your twopence to the moan-fest Melba. The post in which I whine about the weather