Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory)One who whines about perceived problems; a complainer.

    I never realized that he was such a whiner, but he complained steadily about various minor discomforts for the entire road trip.

More definitions
  • a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom is a whiner.

    Том скиглик. — deniko

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  2. Tom is such a whiner.

    Том такий скиглик. — deniko

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  3. He's a whiner.

    ruОн - нытик. — Ivanovb

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  4. He's such a whiner - he's still ranting about how his job is too difficult and how his wife is mean to him.

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Origin

From whine + -er.

From whine + -er.

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Forms

plural: whiners
Singularwhiner
Pluralwhiners

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwhine

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whimperwhimsicalwhinewhingewhingerwhinny

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