moan

Meanings

Noun

an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
A lament or sorrow.

Verb

indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
To grieve.
To make a moan or similar sound.
To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
To complain; to grumble.
To distress (someone); to sadden.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.

Synonyms

aggrieve, attrist, beef, begloom, begrieve, bellyache, bemoan, besorrow, bitch, bleat, bleed, bring down, carp, chunter, complain, condole, contristate, crab, croak, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, dump on, engrieve, erme, forset, frine, get down, girn, give out, gloom, grieve, grieven, gripe, groan, grotch, grouch, grouse, grumble, grump, gruntle, harp, inveigh, kvetch, lament, latrate, make a stink, moan, mourn, murmur, mutter, nag, nark, nudzh, oppress, pinch, piss and moan, rail, regret, repine, ride, rue, sadden, sadden up, sigh, snivel, sorrow, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset, wayment, whine, whinge, yearn

Scrabble Score: 6

moan is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
moan is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moan is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

moan is a valid Words With Friends word