Definition of Moan

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Definition of Moan

Moan

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

To bewail audibly; to lament.

To afflict; to distress.

A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.

A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

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Moan Quotations

I can't moan about any of it. I had a great time in the goldfish bowl.
Robert Plant

Differences are scarier now. The dollar isn't so guaranteed if you don't follow what they see as the norm. But I don't moan about it. I just keep working.
Marlee Matlin

Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there is always this symmetry between the sound basis, which is complex and has numerous characteristics which emerge through a process of comparison within our perception.
Pierre Schaeffer

We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries.
Ernst Toller

I'm a big believer in therapy. I'm in therapy in real life. I think anytime you can bitch and moan about your own life to someone who really doesn't care that much, and can give you an objective opinion about what you're going through, I think that's valuable.
Eric Stoltz

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
S. J. Perelman

Moan Translations

moan in Dutch is kermen, zuchten
moan in Finnish is huokailla
moan in Spanish is gemido, gemir

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