English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words. 2014.
moan vs mourn — Moan as a verb, means to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something which does not seem important to other people. For example: The British always moan about the weather. Mourn is a verb that means to feel or express… … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
moan# — moan n groan, sigh, sob (see under SIGH vb) Analogous words: crying or cry, wailing or wail (see CRY): lamenting or lament, bemoaning, bewailing (see DEPLORE) moan vb groan, *sigh, sob Analogous words: mourn, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
moan — [n] groan, complaint beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sigh, sob, wail, whine; concepts 52,77 moan [v] groan, complain bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mourn, sigh, sob,… … New thesaurus
mourn — [v] be sad over loss ache, agonize, anguish, be brokenhearted*, bemoan, be sad, bewail, bleed, blubber, carry on, complain, cry, deplore, fret, grieve, hurt, keen, lament, languish, long for, miss, moan, pine, regret, repine, rue, sigh, sob,… … New thesaurus
moan — moanful, adj. moanfully, adv. moaningly, adv. /mohn/, n. 1. a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering. 2. any similar sound: the moan of the wind. 3. complaint or lamentation. v.i. 4. to utter… … Universalium
moan — {{11}}moan (n.) c.1200, lamentation, mourning, weeping; complaining, the expressing of complaints; a complaint; lover s complaint; accusation, charge, probably from an unrecorded O.E. *man complaint, related to O.E. mænan complain, moan, also… … Etymology dictionary
moan — [[t]moʊn[/t]] n. 1) a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from physical or mental suffering 2) any similar sound: the moan of the wind[/ex] 3) a complaint or lamentation 4) to utter moans, as of pain or grief 5) (of the wind, sea, trees,… … From formal English to slang
moan — I. v. a. (Poetical.) Lament, deplore, mourn, bemoan, bewail, weep for, grieve for. II. v. n. Grieve, mourn, make lamentation … New dictionary of synonyms
moan — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
mourn — Synonyms and related words: ache, agonize, bemoan, bewail, bleed, brood over, deplore, dirge, discomfort, dismay, distress, elegize, fret, give sorrow words, grieve, grieve over, keen, knell, lament, moan, mope, pain, pine, pine away, regret,… … Moby Thesaurus
