whiny
Whining; tending to whine or complainWhining; tending to whine or complain.
» Don't get all petulant and whiny.
Не будь таким капризным и всё время ноющим. — Smoky
Не будь таким недовольным и плаксивым. — marafon
Не будь таким ворчливым и плаксивым. — marafon
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesWhining; tending to whine or complain.
She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.
- habitually complaining
Examples
6 sentencesDon't get all petulant and whiny.
ruНе будь таким капризным и всё время ноющим. — Smoky
Stop being so whiny - you'll start to get on everyone's nerves.
No, Tom has been this whiny ever since he was a kid.
ruДа нет, этот Том с детства такой плаксивый. — AqQoyriq_1
deNein, Tom ist schon seit seiner Kindheit so weinerlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Vladimir was lazy and whiny.
Or rather, is it not just pathetic that I think such whiny thoughts like this?
Translations
1 languagesForms
whinier, whiniestSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.