| VERB | motion | whine | move with a whining sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | whine, snivel | talk / talk in a tearful manner | |
| perception | whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak | make a high-pitched, screeching noise | |
| communication | whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp | complain whiningly | |
| NOUN | communication | whine, whimper | a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way |
| Sounds | hhway'n; way'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | whimper | |
| Broader | complaint | An expression of grievance or resentment |
| Spanish | gimoteo, lamentación, llanto, lloriqueo, quejido | |
| Catalan | ploricó, ploriqueig, somicó | |
| Adjectives | whiney, whiny | habitually complaining |
| Verbs | whine | complain whiningly |
| whine | talk / talk in a tearful manner | |
| Meaning | Move with a whining sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Meaning | talk / talk in a tearful manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | Sam and Sue whine | |
| Synonym | snivel | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Similar to | whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp | complain whiningly |
| Spanish | gimotear | |
| Catalan | gemegar | |
| Nouns | whine | a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way |
| whiner | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | |
| Meaning | Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak | |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Spanish | aullar, chirriar, crujir, rechinar | |
| Catalan | carrisquejar, garranyigar, grinyolar | |
| Meaning | complain whiningly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | grizzle, yammer, yawp | |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| Similar to | snivel, whine | talk / talk in a tearful manner |
| Spanish | gimotear, lamentarse, lloriquear, sollozar | |
| Catalan | gemegar | |
| Nouns | whine | a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way |
| whiner | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | |
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