Whimpering

2 definitions found

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

  Whimper \Whim"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whimpered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Whimpering}.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.]
     To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to
     complain; as, a child whimpers.
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           Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers
           that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
                                                    --Latimer.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "whimpering":
     Jeremianic, bawling, blubbering, complaining, cry, crying,
     dissolved in tears, faultfinding, fit of crying, flood of tears,
     fretful, good cry, greet, howling, in tears, lachryma, lachrymal,
     lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, lamentive, melting mood,
     moanful, mournful, overflowing eyes, peevish, petulant, plaintive,
     plangent, puling, querulous, ready to cry, sniveling, sobbing,
     sorrowful, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes,
     tearfulness, tears, teary, ululant, wailful, weepiness, weeping,
     weepy, whining, whiny, with eyes suffused