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moaning

/ˈməʊnɪŋ/

/ˈmoʊnɪŋ/

moaningnoun

moanings

Translations

gémissement

The moaning from the patient in the next room kept everyone awake.

Le gémissement du patient dans la chambre voisine a empêché tout le monde de dormir.

plainte

There was a lot of moaning about the new company policy.

Il y avait beaucoup de plaintes au sujet de la nouvelle politique de l'entreprise.

Additional translations

gémissements

plaintesAu pluriel, pour des récriminations ou doléances.

Definitions

The act of making a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering.

The moaning from the patient in the next room kept everyone awake.

A complaint or expression of dissatisfaction.

There was a lot of moaning about the new company policy.

Synonyms

moaninggerund / present participle

/ˈməʊnɪŋ/

/ˈmoʊnɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something emitting moans or inclined to complain.

Translations

gémissant

We lay awake listening to the moaning wind outside the cabin.

Nous sommes restés éveillés à écouter le vent gémissant dehors, près de la cabane.

geignardFamilier; se dit d'une personne qui se plaint sans cesse.

His moaning colleagues brought down the mood in the office.

Ses collègues geignards plombaient l'ambiance au bureau.

Additional translations

pleurnichardFamilier; nuance plus expressive, parfois péjorative.

Definitions

Producing or filled with low, drawn-out sounds resembling a moan.

We lay awake listening to the moaning wind outside the cabin.

Habitually expressing dissatisfaction; complaining.

His moaning colleagues brought down the mood in the office.

Synonyms

moanverb

moaning

ing-form

moaned

Past Simple

moaned

Past Participle

moaning

ing-form

/məʊn/

/moʊn/

Translations

gémirPour exprimer la douleur, le malaise ou le mécontentement par un son prolongé.

She began to moan softly as the pain in her leg intensified.

Elle a commencé à gémir doucement à mesure que la douleur dans sa jambe s'intensifiait.

se plaindrePour exprimer des reproches ou des plaintes de façon insistante.

He would often moan about the long hours he had to work.

Il se plaignait souvent des longues heures qu'il devait travailler.

Additional translations

gémirPour un vent ou une source inanimée qui produit un son grave et plaintif.

gémirPour rapporter des paroles d'une voix plaintive.

Definitions

To make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or displeasure.

She began to moan softly as the pain in her leg intensified.

To complain or grumble about something in a persistent and annoying way.

He would often moan about the long hours he had to work.

Of the wind or another inanimate source: to emit a low, mournful sound.

The wind moaned through the deserted streets.

To utter or express (something) in a moaning voice.

"I can't go on," she moaned.

Synonyms

moannoun

Definitions

A long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or pleasure.

The patient let out a moan as the doctor examined the injury.

A complaint or lamentation.

He had a moan about the poor service at the restaurant.

A low, mournful sound produced by the wind or another inanimate source.

The eerie moan of the wind rattled the old windows all night.