This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
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Whimper
//ˈwɪmpə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "whimper" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
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1 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μινυρίζω verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Arabic
1 entries- شَحْتَفَة noun (a low intermittent sob)
Bulgarian
4 entries- скимтене noun (a low intermittent sob)
- хленчене noun (a low intermittent sob)
- скимтя verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- хленча verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Catalan
2 entries- gemec noun (a low intermittent sob)
- gemegar verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 呜咽声 noun (a low intermittent sob)
- 呜咽 verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- 抽泣 verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Czech
4 entries- fňukání noun (a low intermittent sob)
- naříkání noun (a low intermittent sob)
- fňukat verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- kňourat verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Danish
1 entries- klynke verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Dutch
3 entries- snik noun (a low intermittent sob)
- dreinen verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- zuchtenkreunen verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Esperanto
2 entries- aĥi verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- ploreti verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Finnish
2 entries- uikuttaa verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- vikistä verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
French
3 entries- gémissement noun (a low intermittent sob)
- gémir verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- pleurnicher verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Galician
2 entries- choricar verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- chorimicar verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
German
4 entries- Gewimmer noun (a low intermittent sob)
- Schluchzen noun (a low intermittent sob)
- Wimmern noun (a low intermittent sob)
- Winseln noun (a low intermittent sob)
Greek
1 entries- μυξοκλαίω verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Hebrew
2 entries- יְבָבָה noun (a low intermittent sob)
- יִבֵּב verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyöszörög verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Irish
1 entries- geoin noun (a low intermittent sob)
Italian
2 entries- piagnucolio noun (a low intermittent sob)
- piagnucolare verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Macedonian
2 entries- цимолење noun (a low intermittent sob)
- цимоли verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Māori
4 entries- koroingoingo noun (a low intermittent sob)
- kōingoingo noun (a low intermittent sob)
- whakaingoingo noun (a low intermittent sob)
- koroingoingo verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Norman
1 entries- houîmbrer verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- klynk noun (a low intermittent sob)
- klynke verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- klynk noun (a low intermittent sob)
- klynke verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Persian
2 entries- زنویه noun (a low intermittent sob)
- نالیدن verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wempa noun (a low intermittent sob)
Polish
2 entries- kwilić verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- skomleć verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Portuguese
1 entries- choramingar verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Russian
3 entries- хны́канье noun (a low intermittent sob)
- скули́ть verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- хны́кать verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cendranje noun (a low intermittent sob)
- cvilež noun (a low intermittent sob)
- cviljenje noun (a low intermittent sob)
- cendrati verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Spanish
2 entries- gimoteo noun (a low intermittent sob)
- lloriquear verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Ukrainian
4 entries- пхикання noun (a low intermittent sob)
- скімлення noun (a low intermittent sob)
- пхикати verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
- скімлити verb (to cry or sob softly and intermittently)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Whimper all you want. Nobody will do this for you, anyway. Don't even get your hopes up.
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The bunny asked with a whimper, "Are you going to eat me?" To which the fox replied, "Why would I? I'm a vegetarian."
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Nine-month-old David drops to his knees, crawls toward a bottle of milk on the counter and begins to whimper.
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