groaning
pronunciation
How to pronounce groaning in British English:
UK [grɔ:nɪŋ]
How to pronounce groaning in American English:
US [grɔnɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- making low inarticulate sound as e.g. of pain or sorrow
Word Origin
- groaning (n.)
- Old English granung "groaning, lamentation," verbal noun from groan (v.). From 16c. to 19c., and in dialect, also "a woman's lying-in."
Example
- 1. More importantly , households are groaning under unprecedented debt burdens .
- 2. So the nation is collectively lying on the sofa , groaning .
- 3. The young man who had escorted her from the jewellery department leans against the door and makes a small groaning sound .
- 4. From the tone of much budget discussion , you might think that we were groaning under crushing , unprecedented levels of taxation .
- 5. The idea , presumably , is that the crisis countries are in trouble because they 're groaning under the burden of high government spending .