snivel
verb /ˈsnɪvl/
/ˈsnɪvl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snivel | /ˈsnɪvl/ /ˈsnɪvl/ |
| he / she / it snivels | /ˈsnɪvlz/ /ˈsnɪvlz/ |
| past simple snivelled | /ˈsnɪvld/ /ˈsnɪvld/ |
| past participle snivelled | /ˈsnɪvld/ /ˈsnɪvld/ |
| (US English) past simple sniveled | /ˈsnɪvld/ /ˈsnɪvld/ |
| (US English) past participle sniveled | /ˈsnɪvld/ /ˈsnɪvld/ |
| -ing form snivelling | /ˈsnɪvlɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪvlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form sniveling | /ˈsnɪvlɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪvlɪŋ/ |
- to cry and complain in a way that people think is annoying synonym whine
- Stop snivelling! I can’t stand it.
- What a snivelling little brat!
Word Originlate Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun snyflung ‘mucus’), from snofl, in the same sense; compare with snuffle.