Moan: alternatives and connections

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make wi…

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation,…

abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her l…

The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.