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单词 moaner
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moanern.

Brit. /ˈməʊnə/, U.S. /ˈmoʊnər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moan v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < moan v. + -er suffix1.
colloquial.
1. A person who moans (in various senses of the verb); a complainer or fault-finder; a pessimist.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
grucchildc1230
grutchera1250
groinera1382
musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 138 It is not fit a Poet should be ty'd. Sometime he must be grave; lest else, the wise The mutter, or the moaner, may despise.
1800 W. Dunlap Pizarro in Peru 33 I hear an unfortunate. Who is the moaner?
a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus xiv, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) II. 18/1 She felt, with pain, intense, an empty purse... What could she do? she, pensive, stepp'd before, Leading the Moaner to her Mother's door.
1884 E. Lee-Hamilton Apollo & Marsyas 21 When Death had proved the stronger Thou wouldst heave one sigh at most, And then turn to some new moaner, Ready to resume the battle.
1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 308/2 Moaner, a pessimist.
1952 Landfall 6 202 Anyone who questions too often is a ‘moaner’, yet in New Zealand the moaner is common.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 187 Croydon boys have twenty names for a cry-baby:..moaner [etc.].
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam v. 95 Burmeister..once said to me, ‘Limey, you and Goad are the two biggest moaners in my squad.’
1980 M. Drabble Middle Ground 118 Sally was a moaner and a timewaster.
2. Music (originally U.S.). A singer of mournful songs, spec. a blues singer.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of other types of music > [noun] > others
mourner1631
catcher1652
monodist1751
pennill singer1784
folk-singer1898
moaner1927
bluesman1930
calypsonian1934
torch singer1934
lieder-singer1936
torcher1940
country singer1953
protest singer1966
ragga1997
1927 C. Sandburg Amer. Songbag 232 It was moaned by resonant moaners in honky tonks of the southwest.
1932 Amer. Speech 7 247 Clara Smith evidently deems it a mark of distinction to be known as ‘The World's Greatest Moaner’.
1991 Twenty Twenty Spring 97/1 The Ultimate Blues Collection features 24 pickers and moaners.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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