groaning

English

Etymology

From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan +‎ -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹəʊnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -oʊnɪŋ, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊnɪŋ

Adjective

groaning (not comparable)

1. That groans.
2. (figuratively) Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.

   We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: valittava (fi)
• German: ächzend (de), stöhnend (de)
• Spanish: gemidor (es), gemebundo (es)
• Turkish: inleyerek, sızlanarak

Noun

groaning (plural groanings)

1. A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
   • 1997, Helen Papanikolas, A Greek Odyssey in the American West, page 5:

     From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.

2. (obsolete) Ellipsis of groaning time. (childbirth, labour)

Derived terms

labour, childbirth

• groaning ale
• groaning beer
• groaning board
• groaning bread
• groaning cake
• groaning cheese
• groaning drink
• groaning malt
• groaning pie

 

Translations

sound

• Finnish: urina (fi), voihkaisu (fi), ähkinä, ähke, ähkintä, ähkyntä
• German: Ächzen (de) n, Geächze (de) n, Gestöhn n, Gestöhne n, Stöhnen (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: μυχμός m (mukhmós)

• Irish: ochlán m
• Turkish: feryat (tr), inlemek (tr), sızlanmak (tr)

Verb

groaning

1. present participle and gerund of groan

Anagrams

• oranging, organing