groans
Exasperated audience responses
Groans are low, prolonged sounds expressing pain, despair, or displeasure.
A patient groans from discomfort; an audience groans at a bad pun.
The word extends to inanimate things: The old stairs groaned under his weight.
Groans suggest weariness or reluctant endurance more than sharp distress.
Low sounds of distress
- sighsAudible exhales of emotion
- gruntsShort, guttural sounds
- murmursSpeaks in hushed tones
- whimpersCries weakly and softly
wails · gasps · exclamations · utterances · vocalizations · sounds · noises · rumbles
Dull persistent pains
- throbsBeats with strong rhythm
- wincesFlinches from pain
- grimacesDistorted facial expressions
- criesWeeps or shouts
writhing · suffering · agony · discomfort · torment · anguish · distress · pangs
moans
Low sounds of distress
whimpers · wails · gasps · exclamations · utterances · vocalizations · sounds · noises · rumbles · creaks
aches
Dull persistent pains
cries · writhing · suffering · agony · discomfort · torment · anguish · distress · pangs · spasms
creaks
Harsh, straining noises
- squeaksSharp, high sounds
- strainsVarieties, injuries, or sifts
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
buckling · settling · warping · bending · sagging · stress · timber · floorboards · beams · joints
grumbling
Muttering in discontent
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
lamenting · bemoaning · kvetching · bellyaching · grousing · whingeing · protests · objections · eye-rolls · exasperation
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter
- gripingcomplaining, grumbling, griping, grousing, kvetching
- vocal soundscry, sings, hums, croons, coo
- involuntary speechblurting, exclamations, outbursts, Freudian slip, Freudian slips
- audience reactionsapplause, clapping, booing, cheering, laughter
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
groanscheers
Casual toast or farewell
applause · ovation · hurrahs · bravos · standing ovation
- groaning boardFood-laden feast table