Definitions for MOAN
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. groan, moanverb

   an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

2. groan, moanverb

   indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

   "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. moannoun

   a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

2. moanverb

   to make a moan or similar sound

3. moanverb

   to complain

4. Etymology: From mone, mane, man, from *, from mainō. Inferred from mænan. More at mean.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moannoun

   Lamentation; audible sorrow; grief expressed in words or cries.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I have disabled mine estate,
   By shewing something a more swelling port,
   Than my faint means would grant continuance;
   Nor do I now make moan to be abridg’d
   From such a noble rate. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   The fresh stream ran by her, and murmur’d her moans;
   The salt tears fell from her, and soft’ned the stones. William Shakespeare.

   Sullen moans,
   Hollow groans,
   And cries of tortur’d ghosts. Alexander Pope, St. Cæcilia.

2. To MOANverb

   To lament; to deplore.

   Etymology: from mænan , Saxon, to grieve.

3. To Moanverb

   To grieve; to make lamentation.

   The gen’rous band redressive search’d
   Into the horrors of the gloomy jail,
   Unpity’d and unhear’d, where misery moans. James Thomson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. moan

   Paralanguage, also known as vocalics, is a component of meta-communication that may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning, or convey emotion, by using techniques such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics and was invented by George L. Trager in the 1950s, while he was working at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State. His colleagues at the time included Henry Lee Smith, Charles F. Hockett (working with him on using descriptive linguistics as a model for paralanguage), Edward T. Hall developing proxemics, and Ray Birdwhistell developing kinesics. Trager published his conclusions in 1958, 1960 and 1961.His work has served as a basis for all later research, especially those investigating the relationship between paralanguage and culture (since paralanguage is learned, it differs by language and culture). A good example is the work of John J. Gumperz on language and social identity, which specifically describes paralinguistic differences between participants in intercultural interactions. The film Gumperz made for BBC in 1982, Multiracial Britain: Cross talk, does a particularly good job of demonstrating cultural differences in paralanguage and their impact on relationships. Paralinguistic information, because it is phenomenal, belongs to the external speech signal (Ferdinand de Saussure's parole) but not to the arbitrary conmodality]]. Even vocal language has some paralinguistic as well as linguistic properties that can be seen (lip reading, McGurk effect), and even felt, e.g. by the Tadoma method.

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1. moan

   A moan is a long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure. It can also refer to a similar sound made by inanimate objects or animals. In addition, it can be used to denote a complaint or a displeasure about something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moanverb

   to make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously

2. Moanverb

   to emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans

3. Moanverb

   to bewail audibly; to lament

4. Moanverb

   to afflict; to distress

5. Moanverb

   a low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan

6. Moanverb

   a low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things

7. Etymology: [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Moan

   mōn, v.i. to make a low sound of grief or pain: to lament audibly.—v.t. to lament.—n. a low sound of grief or pain: audible expression of pain.—adj. Moan′ful, expressing sorrow: lamentable.—adv. Moan′fully, with lamentation. [A.S. mǽnan.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Moan is ranked #32710 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Moan surname appeared 702 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Moan.
   
   91.3% or 641 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 25 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.5% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Utter

Anagrams for MOAN »

1. Mona

2. noma

3. Oman

4. noam

5. mano

How to pronounce MOAN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say MOAN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MOAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MOAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of MOAN in a Sentence

1. Christina G. Rossetti:

   In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

2. Daniel Irwin:

   Last time I saw him, he was lying on the floor making a sustained monotone moan.

3. Atsushi Hirano:

   My grandfather didn't really like to speak about the war. At night, he would moan in his sleep. He would scream sometimes and I assumed it was because of the war, but I always thought I couldn't ask about it and then he died six years ago. I wish I had asked him more.

4. Lewis Lapham:

   We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.

5. Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol:

   In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MOAN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Moan
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MOAN
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moan
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MOAN
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=MOAN
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html