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WHINEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Habitually complaining

Example:

a whiny child

Synonyms:

fretful; querulous; whiney; whiny

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

complaining; complaintive (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment)

Derivation:

whine (a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way)

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