Whining

Synonyms for "whining" (111 found)

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Closest matches (23)

acute argute bawling beef beefing bellyache bellyaching bitch bitching blatant complaining complaint creaky crying

Noun(9 words)

beg bemoaning beseech bleating carp carping complain complaining complaint

Strong matches (33)

destructive criticismdissentear piercingear-piercing faultfinding fretful grievance gripe griping groan groaning grouse grousing grumbling holler howl howling jeremianic keen keening

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kick kicking lamentive lowing

Noun(9 words)

drone gripe groan grouchiness grouse hum implore lament moan

Related words (55)

moanful moaning mournful mugient murmuring peeve peevish peevishness penetratingpet peevepetulance petulant piercing piping plaintive plangent protest puling querulous querulousness

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reedy scolding screaky screeching screechy sharp shrieking shrieky shrill sigh sighing sniping sobbing sorrowful soughing squawk squawking squeaking squeaky thin ululant wailful wailing whimpering whiny whistling yapping

Noun(7 words)

nagging piercing plead shrill squeal squealing whiny

Verb(1 words)

snivelling

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

20 entries

acoustic propertyattitudeauditory featureauditory outputauditory phenomenonbegging behaviorbehavioral descriptorcommunicationdescriptive attributediscontent expressionexpress discontentexpression importunity noise pleading

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More specific

21 entries

baby whinebegging mercycarp carpingcircuit whinedog whineengine whinegear whinegripehabitual whininghigh pitched whinehuman whineimportuning for favorsmoan nagnasal whining

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Collocations

13 entries

begging mercychildish whiningcontinuous whiningengine whinehabitual whiningnasal whiningpersistent whiningpetty whiningwhining noisewhining soundwhining tonewhining voicewhiny rhetoric

Inflections

3 entries

whined whines whinings

Derivations

5 entries

whine whiner whinily whininess whiny

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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The jet made a whining sound as it soared overhead.

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Stop whining like a baby.

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Tom can't put up with Mary's whining any longer.

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What's happened has happened; there's no use in whining and complaining.

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