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Word entry · 5 letters

groan

Best crossword clue

"Low pained sound"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹəʊ̯n/Part of speech verb, nounSorted agnorStarts with GEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

Word origin

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”).

Used in a sentence

  • let out a groan
  • We groaned at his awful jokes.
  • The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.

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