单词 | whiner |
释义 | whinern. A person or animal that whines. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying > one who whiner1603 whindle1647 whimperer1737 puler1832 grizzle1893 mizzler1945 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains > peevish or querulous whiner1603 whimperer1737 whinger1791 Peter Grievance1837 Peter Grievous1875 grizzler1900 bellyacher1930 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xix. 39 An armie of Phisitians and whiners [Fr. pleureurs]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The Epithets of myce are..whiner, biter [etc.]. 1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 156 In the Composing your Kenell, some whiners and treble crys will not do amiss, to make the opening of the Pack the more Musicall. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 216 From a Whiner for Favour to Criminals, he proved the veriest Butcher of a Judge. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad iii. 47 Don't have anything to say to the whiners at the gate. 1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard II. 244 A cheery man fares better than a whiner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1603 |
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