Synonyms of groaning

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adjective

as in crying

Related Words

• crying
• moaning
• howling
• bawling
• unhappy
• suffering
• bleeding
• sad
• woebegone
• crestfallen
• keening
• yammering
• gloomy
• forlorn
• careworn
• miserable
• glum
• brokenhearted
• disconsolate
• tearful
• dejected
• downcast
• inconsolable
• dispirited
• piteous
• low-spirited
• despondent
• depressed
• heartsick
• wailing
• morbid
• sullen
• joyless
• cheerless
• morose
• gray
• dismal
• weeping
• aching
• somber
• pathetic
• darkening
• moody
• triste
• bleak
• desolate
• anguished
• funereal
• pessimistic
• dreary
• comfortless
• black
• saturnine
• dark
• melancholy
• downhearted
• agonized
• wretched
• heartsore
• plaintive
• mournful
• sorrowful
• elegiac
• doleful
• lamentable
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• woeful
• grieving
• regretful
• rueful
• low
• heartbroken
• sorry
• bewailing
• bemoaning
• plangent
• funeral
• dirgelike
• bitter
• deploring
• dolesome

Dissimilar Words

• happy
• triumphant
• joyful
• laughing
• delighted
• smiling
• cheerful
• rejoicing
• cheery
• bright
• exulting
• joyous
• glorying
• merry
• cheering
• blissful
• jolly
• encouraging
• buoyant
• mirthful
• blithe
• hopeful
• optimistic
• lighthearted
• giddy
• ecstatic
• rapturous
• euphoric
• blithesome
• rhapsodic
• heady
• jocund
• elated
• exhilarated

groaning

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verb

present participle of groan

as in moaning

to utter a moan

heard someone groaning in pain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moaning
• sobbing
• crying
• weeping
• wailing
• whimpering
• whining
• shrieking
• sniffing
• blubbering
• bewailing
• sniveling
• lamenting
• howling
• grieving
• bemoaning
• yelping
• sorrowing
• keening
• deploring
• mourning
• hurting
• bleeding
• suffering
• bawling
• squalling
• yammering
• ruing
• agonizing
• yowling
• anguishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• giggling
• chuckling
• snickering
• cackling
• twittering
• chortling
• guffawing
• cracking up
• tittering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of groaning

Verb

More than 200 walruses were hauled out on the beach, grunting and groaning, wriggling and jostling for position. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The eggs royale hit the nail on the head, although the groaning plate that passed me by with the Zetter full English did also catch my eye. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Soon Massachusetts society was groaning under the burden of these hordes of foreign freeloaders. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Despite the lack of goals, the game was exciting with end-to-end runs and missed chances that left fans of both teams groaning and burying their heads in their hands. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Growing up, family dinners were large, the table groaning with food. — Georgina Hayden, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026

Hager yelled as the show's producers could be heard clapping and groaning in the background. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026