Whining

3 definitions found

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

  Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling,
     whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
     hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
     hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, v. i.]
     To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a


     childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
     or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
     or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining
     plovers." --Spenser.
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           The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
           whining accent, craving liberty.         --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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           Dost thou come here to whine?            --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whining
       adj 1: long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying
       2: habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: {fretful}, {querulous},
           {whiney}, {whining(a)}, {whiny}]

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

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "whining":
     Jeremianic, acute, argute, bawling, beef, beefing, bellyache,
     bellyaching, bitch, bitching, blatant, complaining, complaint,
     creaky, crying, destructive criticism, dissent, ear-piercing,
     faultfinding, fretful, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning,
     grouse, grousing, grumbling, holler, howl, howling, keen, keening,
     kick, kicking, lamentive, lowing, moanful, moaning, mournful,
     mugient, murmuring, peeve, peevish, peevishness, penetrating,
     pet peeve, petulance, petulant, piercing, piping, plaintive,
     plangent, protest, puling, querulous, querulousness, reedy,
     scolding, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky,
     shrill, sigh, sighing, sniping, sobbing, sorrowful, soughing,
     squawk, squawking, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailful,
     wailing, whimpering, whiny, whistling, yapping