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adjective

as in crying

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verb

present participle of groan
as in moaning
to utter a moan heard someone groaning in pain

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Recent Examples of groaning
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The eggs royale hit the nail on the head, although the groaning plate that passed me by with the Zetter full English did also catch my eye. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above. — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Soon Massachusetts society was groaning under the burden of these hordes of foreign freeloaders. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026 Despite the lack of goals, the game was exciting with end-to-end runs and missed chances that left fans of both teams groaning and burying their heads in their hands. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Growing up, family dinners were large, the table groaning with food. — Georgina Hayden, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026 Hager yelled as the show's producers could be heard clapping and groaning in the background. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groaning
  1. crying
  2. moaning
  3. howling
  4. sobbing
Adjective
  • Some in the pro-crying camp pointed to articles and headlines as proof.
    — Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of crying
Verb
  • Hall wrote in his report that Hamilton lay down in the backseat of the police vehicle, moaning and not responding, prompting first responders to give him Narcan.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Video released by the Milwaukie Police Department shows Descamps sprawled in a hospital bed, his body limp, moaning and drooling, while medical staff stood nearby.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of moaning
Adjective
  • Either that, or the Daily Mail editors had a howling good time with publication dates.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the scene, swooping down to feast on scraps left behind by the howling canines.
    — Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of howling
Verb
  • When the coroner’s deputy lifted Malachi’s body to take it away that night in October 2023, there was no wailing or sobbing from his parents.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After the conversation, Gajdusek drove down the highway, sobbing.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sobbing

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“Groaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groaning. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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