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Another word for moan

Noun

  1. A long, mournful cry

    2. See also:

    sounds

Another word for moan

Verb

  1. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound

    2. See also:

    sounds

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Another word for moan

Noun
    2. See also:

    cry

Another word for moan

Verb
    2. See also:

    cry

    cry

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Sentence Examples

  • While eating dessert, they heard a muffled moan from the bed.

  • The moan of that wounded beast (the French army) which betrayed its calamitous condition was the sending of Lauriston to Kutuzov's camp with overtures for peace.

  • She began to moan and sunk her nails into my back until we finally flopped back in exhaustion.

  • His warm lips left hers and started down her neck, forcing a moan from hers.

  • At last he heard a noise off to his right, a sigh or a moan in the blackness.

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