moaning

English

Verb

moaning

1. present participle and gerund of moan

Noun

moaning (plural moanings)

1. 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