groan
noun/ɡrəʊn/
/ɡrəʊn/
- a long deep sound made when somebody/something groans synonym moan
- She let out a groan of dismay.
- He fell to the floor with a groan.
- The house was filled with the cello's dismal squeaks and groans.
Homophones groan | growngroan grown/ɡrəʊn//ɡrəʊn/- groan verb
- The awful jokes made us all groan.
- groan noun
- He let out a groan of pain.
- grown (past participle of grow)
- The business has grown hugely in the last ten years.
- grown adjective
- Although he's a grown man, he'll always be our little boy.
Extra Examples- He stood up slowly with a groan of pain.
- a groan of annoyance
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loud
- little
- slight
- …
- emit
- give
- let out
- …
- with a groan
- groan of
- moans and groans
- a complaint
- I don't have time to listen to your moans and groans.
Word OriginOld English grānian, of Germanic origin; related to German greinen ‘grizzle, whine’, grinsen ‘grin’, also probably to grin.
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