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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2
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
U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The trailer had plenty of groans, gasps and even a few tears as Knoxville and the crew put their bodies on the line to say goodbye.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
No amount of jazz playlists can stop him from glancing at his GPS, groaning as the ETA keeps getting pushed back.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The proper response to this is a cynical groan.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The trailer had plenty of groans, gasps and even a few tears as Knoxville and the crew put their bodies on the line to say goodbye.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Saturday’s final score, 9-0 in the visitor’s favor, only partially encapsulates the degree to which New York (5-4) outplayed San Francisco (3-6) in front of a packed house that had more reasons to groan than reasons to cheer.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
No amount of jazz playlists can stop him from glancing at his GPS, groaning as the ETA keeps getting pushed back.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groan
Noun
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Her wails of pain were audible on TV broadcasts as medics tended to her before a helicopter finally carried her away.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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Within moments, a smoke detector wails.—
Cyrus Farivar,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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Where my world was hemmed in by ridgelines and holler roads, Mary Lennox’s world was hemmed in by fog and wind and the low moan of a manor house that seemed to breathe on its own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Under Hiller, the Kings went into the Olympic break with a whimper and came out of it with a moan.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Through your tears, see a brief, shimmering vision of What Might Have Been.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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My eyes, raw and stinging, now filled with their own salty tears.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The latest in the growing Bachelor Nation–to–Bravo pipeline, this former crying virgin hasn’t done much crying and certainly is done virgining.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The audio included crying, screaming and banging, prompting jurors to sob and appear visibly shaken.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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If recent history repeats, new cries could come from the crowd, too.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
2 May 2026
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The handwritten note is the part that will actually make her cry, so do not skip that step.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Moments of humor sit alongside lamentation and ritual intensity, underscoring the exhibition’s refusal of a single, fixed reading.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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For Marks, the blues isn’t about lamentation.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Such prices have set off howls of protest from some fans.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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My 2-year-old daughter’s howls of protest echoed through the previously silent forest of towering Norway spruce.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This morning, the eminent critic Dwight Garner published a lament for the institutional book critic—via his own institution, The New York Times.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Groan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groan. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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