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Definition of groaning : of Groan

Synonyms:

inarticulate, unarticulate

growling, calling, whooping, howling, shrieking, screaming, cheering, shouting, hollering, bawling, yelling

intoning, voicing, articulating, murmuring, muttering, enunciating, whispering, exclaiming, uttering, pronouncing, speaking, emitting

grieving, sighing, snuffling, bewailing, moaning, whining, ululating, clamoring, bemoaning, sniffling, whimpering, crying, lamenting, agonizing, decrying, wailing, sobbing, weeping, mourning, longing

Usage examples:

• I've been groaning over you: but I might have known you'd find some way to slip out of trouble. - "Put Yourself in His Place", Charles Reade.
• I am worn with my groaning, Rest I find none! - "Jeremiah", George Adam Smith.
• He was lying with his head between his hands, and was groaning, not loudly, but very bitterly. - "Ralph the Heir", Anthony Trollope.