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单词 moanful
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moanfuladj.

Brit. /ˈməʊnf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈmoʊnf(ə)l/
Forms: see moan n. and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moan n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < moan n. + -ful suffix.It is uncertain whether the form in quot. 1891 at sense 1 shows this word, or represents U.S. regional (southern) pronunciation of mournful adj.
1. Of an utterance, action, etc.: full of moaning or lamentation; expressive of grief. Of a melody, song, etc.: plaintive, mournful, sad. Of a person, etc.: mournful.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adjective]
moaninga1450
moanful1567
groaning1597
gement1656
honing1802
moany1867
moansome1873
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xi. f. 71v Elisa,..hearing those monefull plaints vttred after such terrible manner, opened the chamber doore, and saw that myserable sight.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H1v Nowe ceasse we to weery the hearers With monefull melodies, for enough our greefes be reuealed.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Mm3 But in such monefull march they went towards the other Shepheards.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iv. 11 He sawe a moneful sort of people.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 483 Do not (saith S. James) grudge, (or make moanfull complaint) against one another.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iii. 26 Sparabella..Did this sad Plaint in moanful Notes devise.
1778 R. Polwhele Spirit of Frazer 13 Hark! Horror spreads the pale alarms! And bursts from many a moanful swell!
1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xv, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 189/1 He..sobbing out the moanfullest broken howl, sank down in swoon.
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 95 I sang upon the linden like a moanful nightingale.
1891 Cent. Mag. June 319/1 De sad, moanful way missus bowed her head to pray.
1989 T. Bodett End of Road i. iii. 41 Once again, right on cue, a long moanful yowl came from the front porch.
1999 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 4 Nov. 9 d Usually, missing the playoffs by a fraction of a point is accompanied by a large, moanful groan.
2. Causing grief or lamentation; worthy of lamentation; lamentable. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable
ruefulc1225
pietousa1393
weepablec1449
pitifulc1450
lamentablec1460
pitiablec1475
implorable1535
moanworthy1540
wailfula1547
wailsome1566
tristsum1567
moanful1573
souspirable1594
bemoanable1611
bewailable1611
deplorable1612
criminal1792
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. Nn iij And houses to deface, and monefull mariages to make.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 580 Look upon all the sad moneful objects in the world.
1663 E. Hickeringill Apol. Distressed Innocence in Wks. (1709) I. 314 'Tis a sad Conscience that can joy at the thoughts of this days moanful Remembrance.
1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. 425 The moanful dream out-dreamt, the trial o'er.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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