groan

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groan [groan groans groaned groaning] verb, noun BrE [ɡrəʊn] NAmE [ɡroʊn]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to make a long deep sound because you are annoyed, upset or in pain, or with pleasure
Syn: ↑moan
•He lay on the floor groaning.
•~ with sth to groan with pain/pleasure
•~ at sth We all groaned at his terrible jokes.
•~ about sth They were all moaning and groaning (= complaining) about the amount of work they had.
•+ speech ‘It's a complete mess!’ she groaned.
•‘Don't move me,’ he groaned.
2. intransitive to make a sound like a person groaning
Syn: ↑moan
•The trees creaked and groaned in the wind.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English grānian, of Germanic origin; related to German greinen ‘grizzle, whine’, grinsen ‘grin’, also probably to ↑grin.

Example Bank:
•He groaned at/from the pain.
•He groaned inwardly at the thought of spending another day in that place.
•She groaned out loud in protest.
•Some of the patients were groaning in/with pain.
•There's no point in moaning and groaning about not having any money.
•She tried to get up and groaned with pain.
•The table groaned under the weight of the biggest buffet they had ever seen.
Idiom: ↑groan under the weight of something
Derived: ↑groan with something
 
noun
a long deep sound made when sb/sth ↑groans
Syn: ↑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.

Word Origin:
Old English grānian, of Germanic origin; related to German greinen ‘grizzle, whine’, grinsen ‘grin’, also probably to ↑grin.

Example Bank:
•He stood up slowly with a groan of pain.
•The doctors all ignored her moans and groans.
•a groan of annoyance