moan
/moʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "let out a deep moan"
- "We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain."
- "to make one's moan"
- "it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours."
- "to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…]"
- "Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […]."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /moʊn/
- British English: /məʊn/
Usage
Inflected Forms
moans (plural)
moans (present, singular)
moaning (participle, present)
moaned (participle, past)
moaned (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
moaned (first person, past)
moanest (archaic, present)
moaned (past, second person)
moanedst (archaic, past)
moaneth (archaic, present)