Sniveling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,
     snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.
     {Snuffle}.]
     1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
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     2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly
        or whiningly.
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              Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.      --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sniveling
       n : whining in a tearful manner [syn: {snivel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "sniveling":
     Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, affected, backscratching, bawling,
     beggarly, blubbering, bootlicking, canting, cowering, crawling,
     cringing, crouching, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, false,
     fawning, fit of crying, flattering, flood of tears, footlicking,
     good cry, goody, goody-goody, greet, groveling, hangdog,
     holier-than-thou, hypocritical, in tears, ingratiating, insincere,
     lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory,
     mealymouthed, melting mood, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee,
     overflowing eyes, parasitic, pharisaic, pietistic, pious,
     prostrate, ready to cry, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous,
     sobbing, sponging, sycophantic, tear, tear bottle, teardrop,
     tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, timeserving,
     toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, weepiness,
     weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused