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moan´ing|ly

moan «mohn», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a long, low sound of suffering: »So is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife (Sir Edwin Arnold).

2. any similar sound: »the moan of the winter wind. The moan of doves in immemorial elms (Tennyson).

3. complaint; lamentation: »Unheard…Their English mother made her moan (James Russell Lowell).

4. an instance of this: »Her moan was only that she had not been invited.

–v.i.

1. to make moans: »The sick man moaned in his sleep.
SYNONYM(S): wail. See syn. under groan. (Cf. ↑groan)

2. to complain; lament; grieve.

–v.t.

1. to utter with a moan: »“I'm so stiff I can't move,” she moaned.

2. to complain aut; grieve for: »He is always moaning his luck.
SYNONYM(S): bemoan, bewail.

╂[Middle English mone. Compare Old English m to complain.]

–moan´ing|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.