Meaning

2 senses

  1. The act of snivelling.

    хны́каньеxnýkanʹje, сопе́ньеsopénʹje, шмы́ганьеšmýganʹje

  2. Nasal mucus; snot.

    1770, Thomas Bridges, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, London: S. Hooper, 3rd edition, Volume 2, Book 8, p. 44, In streams the blood and snivel flows From many a Grecian’s snotty nose,

    носова́я слизьnosovája slizʹ, со́плиsópli

More definitions
  • whining in a tearful manner
  • the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Stop sniveling, Tom.

    ruХватит ныть, Том. — Svetislava

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  2. I assure you this house with no other occupant but that sniveling woman is a miserable place.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 2
the act of snivelling:
nasal mucus; snot:

Origin

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (att

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (attested in the verbal noun snyflung (“mucus”)), from Proto-West Germanic *snuflijan, related to Old English snofl (“mucus”), ultimately from the root of snout. Akin to sniff, snuff. Compare sniffle.

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Forms

plural: snivels
Singularsnivel
Pluralsnivels

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • whining in a tearful manner:sniveling
  • the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested):snufflesniffle

Word family

3 related words
Derivedsnivelinglysnivellingsnivelly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snippetC2snitchsnobsnobbishsnobbysnog

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