Synonyms of the word groan


GROANEMIT - MOAN - SOUGH - UTTER - UTTERANCE - VOCALIZATION

groan

  • n. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
  • n. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval.
  • v. To make a groan.
  • v. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

emit

  • v. (transitive) To send out or give off.

moan

  • n. a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
  • v. (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

sough

  • v. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
  • n. A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
  • n. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
  • n. A (deep) sigh.
  • n. (Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
  • n. (Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
  • n. A small drain; an adit.

utter

  • adj. (now poetic, literary) Outer; furthest out, most remote.
  • adj. (obsolete) Outward.
  • adj. Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
  • v. (transitive) To say.
  • v. (transitive) To use the voice.
  • v. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a noise).
  • v. (law, transitive) To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation.
  • adv. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.

utterance

  • n. An act of uttering.
  • n. Something spoken.
  • n. The ability to speak.
  • n. Manner of speaking.
  • n. (obsolete) Sale by offering to the public.
  • n. (obsolete) Putting in circulation.
  • n. (now literary) The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).

vocalization

  • n. The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance.
  • n. Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation.
  • n. The use of speech to express an idea.
  • n. (music) The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise.
  • n. (orthography) The vowel diacritics in Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are…
  • n. (phonology) The change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds…

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