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[ hwahy-nee, wahy- ] / ˈʰwaɪ ni, ˈwaɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR whiny ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, whin·i·er, whin·i·est.complaining; fretful; cranky: The baby is whiny because he missed his nap. Origin of whinyFirst recorded in 1850–55; whine + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM whinywhin·i·ness, nounWords nearby whinywhine, whing-ding, whinge, whinny, whinstone, whiny, whio, whip, whip-and-tongue graft, whipbird, whipcord Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whinyAny argument I try to hold comes tumbling out in the form of a whiny temper tantrum. Growing Up with Bart Simpson|Alex Suskind|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Or maybe we are just whiny wimps, an all-purpose explanation for every descent-of-man phenomenon that never is far off the mark. Blame Climate Change for Your Terrible Seasonal Allergies|Kent Sepkowitz|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Crystal visits the Catskills, symbolically, in the show, but his humor is far from the whiny Allen mentality. Comedy Is His Calling: The Brilliance of Billy Crystal|Tom Shales|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not that we're all a bunch of whiny babies who can't handle change. The Good, the Bad, and the Pink Eye|Brett Singer|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Drudge and Boyle responded by calling Obama a whiny race-baiter. Brilliant Speech by Obama, Ugly Reaction by Drudge|Peter Beinart|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST He is one of those dogs that look scratchy and whiny at the first glance. Seeing France with Uncle John|Anne Warner She does get into whiny states, and is regularly tiresome; and the more you notice her, the worse she is. The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge "Beth, you really are a whiny child, you always have a grievance," her mother complained. The Beth Book|Sarah Grand "I wish I'd had a brother instead of two whiny little kiddy sisters," said Peter. The Railway Children|E. Nesbit The woman was reading in a whiny, excited drawl: "'One thousand dollars reward for——'" Frank of Freedom Hill|Samuel A. Derieux
British Dictionary definitions for whiny
adjective whinier or whiniesthigh-pitched and plaintive peevish; complaining Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to whinyimpatient, sullen, perverse, testy, cranky, fractious, irritable, unpleasant, obnoxious, rude, bad-tempered, captious, complaining, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy, grumbling |