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How to pronounce “moan”
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Pronunciation guide for moan
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of moan with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a chance of joy 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Have you ever noticed how much people moan about them?
- Definition summary
- A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
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How to pronounce moan
Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a chance of joy 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Have you ever noticed how much people moan about them?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “moan”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
- (obsolete) A lament or sorrow.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.]
- (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.]
- (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble. [from 20th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden. [15th–17th c.]
- [Adjective]
- thin, slender
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