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Groan   /groʊn/   Listen
noun
Groan  n.  A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans. "Such groans of roaring wind and rain." "The wretched animal heaved forth such groans."



verb
Groan  v. t.  To affect by groans.



groan  v. i.  (past & past part. groaned; pres. part. groaning)  
1.
To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. "For we... do groan, being burdened." "He heard the groaning of the oak."
2.
To strive after earnestly, as with groans. "Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so."






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"Groan" Quotes from Famous Books



... therefore, such as Jude alludes to, is a prayer that is energized by the Holy Ghost. It is not the Holy Ghost who does the groaning, but He causes the heart of the consecrated believer to groan, by kindling those intense desires after some specific blessing, which often are, indeed, too deep for clear expression by utterance, and with the groanings, also, the faith is given, which takes hold of God's ...
— The Theology of Holiness • Dougan Clark

... street and mounted the steps. As he stepped into the hall, a groan arrested him. In a moment, he perceived the man whom he had shot lying, half conscious, against the wall. In the room beyond, the other man was sitting up, rubbing his head and staring stupidly about him. Dan took one look at him, then closed the ...
— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... answered with a groan, "but for my sake it is better that we should not. O Morning Star, why did you save me this night, who would have been glad to die? Did not that Ka of yours tell you that I should have been glad to die, or my mother, ...
— Morning Star • H. Rider Haggard

... felt in this event, when, writing to the Romans, he says, "And not only they,"—that is, "the creatures," or creation,—"but ourselves, also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption, of our body." In his address, at Jerusalem, before his accusers and the people, he cried out, "Of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question." ...
— Catharine • Nehemiah Adams

... in all other departments. There is nothing in Millais's or Hunt's paintings more purely pre-Raphaelite than Rachel's acting in the last scenes of "Adrienne Lecouvreur". It is the perfection of detail. It was studied, gasp by gasp, and groan by groan, in the hospital wards of Paris, where men were dying in agony. It is terrible, but it is true. We have seen a crowded theatre hanging in a suspense almost suffocating over that fearful scene. Men grew pale, women fainted, a spell of silence and awe held ...
— Literary and Social Essays • George William Curtis


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