Meaning

2 senses
  1. Whining; tending to whine or complain.

    She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.

  2. Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.

More definitions
  • habitually complaining

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Don't get all petulant and whiny.

    ruНе будь таким капризным и всё время ноющим. — Smoky

  2. Stop being so whiny - you'll start to get on everyone's nerves.

  3. 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

  4. Vladimir was lazy and whiny.

  5. Or rather, is it not just pathetic that I think such whiny thoughts like this?

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

whinier, whiniest
Comparativewhinier Lesson
Superlativewhiniest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedwhine

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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