Dictionary Home »
Dictionary Definitions » moan
moan
The definition of a moan is a long, low sound, often due to pain.
(noun)An example of a moan is the sound that someone with a stomach ache may make.
Moan is defined as to complain or grieve about something or to utter a low, long sound of pain.
(verb)- An example of moan is to express extreme sorrow about a death in the family.
- An example of moan is for a person to make a pained sound when having a stomach ache.
YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2013 by LoveToKnow Corp.
See moan in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- Archaic a complaint; lamentation
- a low, mournful sound of sorrow or pain
- any sound like this: the moan of the wind
Origin: ME mone, prob. < base of OE mænan, to complain: see mean
intransitive verb
- to utter a moan or moans
- to complain, lament, grieve, etc.
transitive verb
- to say with a moan
- to complain about; bewail: to moan one's fate
See moan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.b. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.
- Lamentation.
- a. To utter a moan or moans.b. To make a sound resembling a moan: A saxophone moaned in the background.
- To complain, lament, or grieve: an old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
- To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.
- To utter with moans or a moan.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English mone
Origin: , from Old English *mān; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots
.Learn more about moan
