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Deplore vs Moan - What's the difference?

deplore | moan |

As a verb deplore

is .

As a proper noun moan is

anglesey.

deplore

English

Verb

(deplor)
  • To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
    • I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
    The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
    I deplore not having listened to your advice.
  • To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
    • I deplore how you treated him at the party.
    Many people deplore the actions of a corrupt government.
  • (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * bewail * condemn

    Related terms

    * deplorable * deploration

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    moan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
    • Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
  • * Prior
    • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  • (obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • which infinitely moans me
  • To make a moan or similar sound.
  • To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
    • ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned .
  • (colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * moaner * moany

    Related terms

    * bemoan

    See also

    * murmur * protest * lament

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