moans

5 definitions • 11 examples

to make a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion:

He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.

"Let me die," he moaned.

to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something that does not seem important to other people:

Thelma's always moaning (about something), and forgets how lucky she actually is.

[ + speech ] "I don't like potatoes," he moaned.

[ + (that) ] First she moans (that) she's too hot, and then that she's too cold.

After a lot of moaning and groaning, they eventually started work.

a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion:

We could hear the moans of someone trapped under the rubble.

moans of ecstasy/agony

the act of complaining about something, or a complaint:

Apart from a slight moan about the waiter, he seemed to enjoy the meal.

She was having a moan about her husband.

to make a long, low sound because of pain or suffering, or to say something in a complaining way:

We could hear someone moaning within the rubble of the collapsed building.