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Synonyms & Antonyms of moaning
(Entry 1 of 2)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for moaning
- brokenhearted,
- careworn,
- crestfallen,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- low-spirited,
- miserable,
- sad,
- triste,
- unhappy,
- woebegone
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- inconsolable,
- tearful
- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- dark,
- darkening,
- desolate,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- gray
- (also grey),
- joyless,
- low,
- miserable,
- moody,
- morbid,
- morose,
- pathetic,
- pessimistic,
- piteous,
- saturnine,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- sullen,
- wretched
- dirgelike,
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- melancholy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for moaning
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- giddy,
- heady,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
moaning
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of moaning (Entry 2 of 2)
- he moaned and cried for days after his dog, his only companion, died
Synonyms for moaning
Words Related to moaning
- sniffing,
- sniveling
- (or snivelling),
- whimpering,
- whining
Near Antonyms for moaning
- their son moaned whenever anyone asked him to do some work
Synonyms for moaning
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- bleating,
- carping,
- caterwauling,
- complaining,
- crabbing,
- croaking,
- fussing,
- griping,
- grizzling,
- grouching,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- grumping,
- hollering,
- inveighing,
- keening,
- kicking,
- kvetching,
- maundering
- [chiefly British],
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- nagging,
- repining,
- screaming,
- squawking,
- squealing,
- wailing,
- whimpering,
- whinging
- (or whingeing)
- [British],
- whining,
- yammering,
- yawping
- (or yauping),
- yowling
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