moan: meaning and definitions

A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.

A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.

Lamentation.

To utter a moan or moans.

To make a sound resembling a moan: A saxophone moaned in the background.

To complain, lament, or grieve: an old man who still moans about his misspent youth.

To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.

To utter with moans or a moan.