Croon
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English
Verb
Croon (third-person singular simple present croons, present participle crooning, simple past and past participle crooned)
- To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
Derived terms
Adjectives for Croon
cheerful; plaintive; melodic; heart-touching; depth-sounding; hollow-ringing; weird; savage.
Adverbs for Croon
soothingly; harmoniously; comfortingly; pleasingly; gently; pathetically; sentimentally; romantically; maternally; cheerfully; plaintively; melodiously; touchingly.
Thesaurus
anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lilt, minstrel, pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel
Etymology
Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).
