whiner

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whine

(wīn, hwīn)

v. whined, whin·ing, whines

v.intr.

1. To produce a sustained, high-pitched, plaintive sound, as in pain, fear, or complaint.

2. To complain or protest in a childish or annoying fashion: fans who are always whining about the poor officiating.

3. To produce a sustained noise of high pitch: jet engines whining.

v.tr.

To utter with a whine.

1. The act of whining: the dog's whine for food.

2. A whining sound: the whine of the dentist's drill.

3. A complaint uttered in a sustained, high-pitched tone: decided to ignore the children's whines.

[Middle English whinen, from Old English hwīnan, to make a whizzing sound.]

whin′er n.

whin′ing·ly adv.

whin′y, whin′ey adj.

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Noun

whiner - a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, bellyacher, complainer, crybaby

disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

kvetch - (Yiddish) a constant complainer

whiner

noun

A person who habitually complains or grumbles:

complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer.

Informal: crank, griper, grouser.

Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.

Translations

γκρινιάρης

whiner

n (= complainer) → Jammerer m

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