moan (verb)
111regret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Looking back with sorrow Nouns regret, remorse, qualms, compunction, contrition, attrition, repentance, penitence; lamentation, mourning; heartache, sorrow, grief, bitterness, disappointment, discontent; …
112ululate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. howl, wail, cry, hoot, bark, mewl, mew, meow, bellow, moo, roar, caterwaul. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. howl, wail, lament. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To utter or emit a long, mournful,… …
113voice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vocality; speaking or singing voice; inflection, intonation; tone of voice; ventriloquism, ventriloquy; lung power; vocal cords, vocalization (see speech); cry, expression, utterance, vociferation,… …
114whimper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. cry, whine. See lamentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. whine, snivel, fuss, weep; see complain 1 , cry 1 , whine . See Synonym Study at cry . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cry, sob, whine,… …
115sough — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. moan, sigh, wail; see cry 1 , whisper . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A low, indistinct, and often continuous sound: mumble, murmur, sigh, susurration, susurrus, whisper. See SOUNDS. II verb To make a low, continuous,… …
116bemoan — be|moan [ bı moun ] verb transitive FORMAL to complain or say that you are disappointed about something: teachers bemoaning the lack of good textbooks …
117emit — e|mit [ ı mıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to send something out into the air, especially gas, light, or heat: Pulsars emit radiation. 2. ) FORMAL to make a sound: He emitted a low moan …
118grumble — grum|ble1 [ grʌmbl ] verb intransitive 1. ) to complain, especially continuously and about unimportant things: MOAN: grumble that: He grumbled that it was Saturday night and he didn t have a date. grumble about something: Children always grumble… …
119stentorian — [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian, based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios,… …
120ululate — [[t]ju͟ːljʊleɪt, AM ʌ̱l [/t]] ululates, ululating, ululated VERB If someone ululates, they make quickly repeated loud sounds, often to express sorrow or happiness. [LITERARY] They ululated like Red Indians... [V ing] He let out this long… …
