the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > crying feebly or plaintively (8)
That whines; characterized by whining. (literal and figurative.)
Chiefly depreciative. Crying querulously or weakly, as a child; whining, feebly wailing.
That whimpers, in various senses.
Lamenting, miserably plaintive.
Given to puling; whining; sickly.