moaning
Sound of discontent
Moaning is the act of making low, prolonged sounds—whether from pain, pleasure, or complaint.
Sexual moaning expresses arousal or climax.
Outside the bedroom, moaning often means grumbling or whining: He's always moaning about his job.
The British use it more readily for habitual complaining: Stop your moaning and get on with it.
Crying weakly, softly
- sighingAudible breath of emotion
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
whining · crying · keening · grousing · murmuring · muttering · grunting · yowling
Prolonged nasal complaining
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- kvetchingChronic petty complaining
bellyaching · whingeing · grousing · carping · fussing · grouching · protesting · objecting
Happy, satisfied feeling
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
breathless · gasping · sensual · orgasmic · titillating · seductive
whimpering
Crying weakly, softly
- sighingAudible breath of emotion
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
sobbing · whining · crying · keening · grousing · murmuring · muttering · grunting · yowling · humming
whining
Prolonged nasal complaining
- gripingVoicing persistent complaints
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
kvetching · bellyaching · whingeing · grousing · carping · fussing · grouching · protesting · objecting · bitching
pleasure
Happy, satisfied feeling
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- arousalStirring to heightened state
passionate · breathless · gasping · sensual · orgasmic · titillating · seductive
wind
Air current outdoors
howling · whistling · ghostly · drafty · hollow · resonant · mournful
wincing
Slight pained recoil
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- gripingcomplaining, grumbling, griping, grousing, kvetching
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- complaining soundswhining, griping, grousing, carping, bellyaching
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
moaningpraising
Voicing admiration
complimenting · thanking · appreciating · commending · applauding
moaningrejoicing
Feeling or showing triumph
celebrating · reveling · delighting · exulting · counting blessings