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Definition of Moanful

1. a. Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.

Definition of Moanful

1. moaning [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Moanful

Mnium mnss blood-group system MNSs blood group MN blood group antigens Mo MO moa moa MoAb moai

moan moan moaned moaner moaners moanful (current term) moaning moaningly moans moas

moat moated moating moatlike moats mob Moban mobbed mobber mobbers

Literary usage of Moanful

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1. Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such by Noël Antoine Pluche (1763)
"... and that Song which extols the Glory of them * : With juggling Tricks wij moanful ... Months in Gaieties : With moanful Cries, and juggling ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"At last, in moanful march, they went towards the other shepherds. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iv. ... In a moanful manner; with moans or lamentation. ..."

3. Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed ingleseby Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1807)
"... adj. ? moanful, groaning. Neither is much used. One-rente,adj. demanding.seck- ing, enquiring. Not u*ed. ... adj. moanful, doleful, groaning, querulous. ..."

4. Short Stories for English Courses by Rosa Mary Redding Mikels (1920)
"He wuz so solumn an' moanful all de time, at leas' 'cep' when dyah wuz ... You'd 'a' tho't he wuz seekin', he used to look so moanful; but jes' le' 'im git ..."

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