moaning

English

Verb

moaning

present participle and gerund of moan

Noun

moaning (plural moanings)

The utterance of a moan.
the moanings of the wounded men
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXV, page 54:
  But I should turn mine ears and hear
  The moanings of the homeless sea,
  ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow
  ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow
  The dust of continents to be; […]

Translations

the utterance of a moan

Greek:
Ancient: μυχμός m (mukhmós)

Anagrams

Mangino, magnino

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