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groan
What does groan mean?
groan (verb): indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use groan in a sentence?
- The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce groan?
/ɡɹoʊn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does groan come from?
From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of groan?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “groan” mean?
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
Right! That's what “groan” means.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Not quite: that's what sink means.
to stop either temporarily or permanently
Not quite: that's what halt means.
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
Not quite: that's what warn means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “groan”?
moan
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sink
Not quite: sink means something else.
skip
Not quite: skip means something else.
duck
Not quite: duck means something else.
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