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noun

Groan n. A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans. "Such groans of roaring wind and rain." "The wretched animal heaved forth such groans."

verb

Groan v. t. To affect by groans.

groan v. i. (past & past part. groaned; pres. part. groaning)

To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. "For we... do groan, being burdened." "He heard the groaning of the oak."

To strive after earnestly, as with groans. "Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so."

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Etymology of 'Groan'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Groan" Quotes from Famous Books

... pile of blue papers with printed headings. From time to time he turned them over in his hands and replaced them on the table with a groan. To the earl they meant ruin—absolute, irretrievable ruin, and with it the loss of his stately home that had been the pride of the Oxheads for generations. More than that—the world would now know the awful ...

— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock

... opened the bag, and there, sure enough, was a bottle of milk and half a dozen Spratt's biscuits. She had her back to the old lady, when she heard a sort of a groan and a thud as made her turn round. The old lady was lying stretched dead on the hearthrug—so the chambermaid thought. The kid was sitting up in the hamper yelling the roof off. In her excitement, not knowing what she was doing, she handed it ...

— The Observations of Henry • Jerome K. Jerome

... these temptations, and the unclean spirits, assuming again their true character, fled at daybreak, filled with rage and shame. It was not unusual to meet at dawn one of these beings, flying away and weeping, and replying to those who questioned it, "I weep and groan because one of the Christians who live here has beaten me with rods, and driven me away ...

— Thais • Anatole France

... bell began to ring as the door closed. Wingate took up the receiver, listened for a moment and passed the instrument over to Phipps. The latter presently replaced the receiver upon its hook with a little groan. ...

— The Profiteers • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... Rose, with all the emphasis which a turned-up nose, a shudder, and a groan could ...

— Eight Cousins • Louisa M. Alcott

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