Definition of Groaner

1. Noun. A person who groans.

Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Groan

Definition of Groaner

1. Noun. One who groans or complains ¹

2. Noun. A work of extremely low quality, so bad as to inspire groaning ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Groaner

1. one that groans [n -S] - See also: groans

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groaner

grizzlers
grizzles
grizzlier
grizzlies
grizzliest
grizzling
grizzly
grizzly bear
grizzly bears
grlzzly
gro
groEL
groan
groane
groaned
groaner (current term)
groaners
groanes
groaneth
groanful
groaning
groaningly
groanings
groans
groanworthy
groat
groats
grobian
grocer
grocer's

Literary usage of Groaner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Where old Goody groaner, the midwife, do dwell ? Pray, sir, be quick, My wife, she is sick t Zounds, ... Goody groaner is gone—he do lie» Poor Jenny is bad. ..."

2. The Bookman (1896)
"... or dying of feebleness—not a bit of it. The groaner only echoes his own miserable condition ; new force is springing up on every side of him. ..."

3. The Granite Monthly (1885)
"Oh! the groaner has come, the groaner's here." It baffled every attempt at disclosure and kept its place within the walls, except on a few occasions it ..."

4. The Christian Examiner (1845)
"We suppose, however, that the epithet by which the ostrich was known was the roarer or groaner, from the doleful noise which he made in the night; ..."

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