groan
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
Types & categories
- utterance hypernym
Related & opposite
- groan derivation
Sense 2 verb
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | groan |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | utterance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | groan |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | groaner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squawker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |