1
as in wail
a crying out in grief
when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land
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as in moan
a long low sound indicating pain or grief
let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle
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as in to moan
to utter a moan
heard someone groaning in pain
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Recent Examples of groan
Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
Part of that may be due to delivery; like a pterodactyl, Carolyn has a penchant for squawking and groaning when excited, or even at rest.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
There is no doubt that would have been received with a whole lot of groaning from the playerbase, given that all anyone wants is for Kratos to show up and start killing Egyptian gods in a new single player game.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Both fell to the floor — Delaney groaning in ecstasy, Williams screaming in agony.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
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Verb
When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn't find the barriers insurmountable.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
Part of that may be due to delivery; like a pterodactyl, Carolyn has a penchant for squawking and groaning when excited, or even at rest.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
There is no doubt that would have been received with a whole lot of groaning from the playerbase, given that all anyone wants is for Kratos to show up and start killing Egyptian gods in a new single player game.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Both fell to the floor — Delaney groaning in ecstasy, Williams screaming in agony.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groan
Noun
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War within a war Rosalinda Cabanillas lets out a guttural wail that echoes across the entire cemetery.—
Isobel Yeung,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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One of three childhood friends reunited for an extravagant girl’s weekend, Laurie has contained a simmering sadness and rage since the first episode, when seeing her besties, Jaclyn and Kate, chatting and laughing sent her into a wail of despair.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And there, like an old friend, is Cronenberg’s regular composer Howard Shore with a synth moan to keep the mood unnerving.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The audience thought his moans were all part of the act.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In any case, despite critics’ cries of greenwashing and corporate astroturfing, there is still value to these devices.—
Kat Merck,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Biblical-style lamentations over Israel’s final corruption have been a staple of the state’s critics and die-hard anti-Zionists for 70 years.—
Martin Kramer,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
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One third of the way into Katie Kitamura’s 2017 novel, A Separation, its narrator asks an elderly Greek woman to demonstrate a traditional funeral lamentation.—
Lidija Haas,
Harper's Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
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The long-standing lament that Latin American conservatives, centrists, and leftists share is that whereas the United States comes to the region to punish and lecture, China comes to trade.—
Will Freeman,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2025
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Deeply layered and emotionally charged, the work reads like a visual lament, for what’s been lost, what still remains, and the unresolved stories that continue to flow beneath the surface.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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But the central conceit is almost unspeakably moving in its deranged, borderline necrophiliac way (Cassel’s mourning mogul can’t bear the thought of not knowing what’s happening to his wife, even after death), and Cronenberg is savvy enough to spike his lament with a little self-critique.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Francis' funeral marks the beginning of a nine-day period of mourning called the Novemdiales, with special masses each day.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Groan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groan. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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