whinyadj.
/ˈwʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪni/ Characterized by whining; disposed to whine, fretful. Also whin(e)y pin(e)y; so whiney-pine vb. intr., to make whining noises.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > whine
whiny1854
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining > peevishly or querulously
girning1447
querulousc1475
quarrellous1490
whining15..
wailish?1548
querimonious1604
whinging1720
peeping1786
honing1802
whiny1854
Peter Grievous1875
grizzly1900
bellyaching1931
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [verb (intransitive)] > make whining noises (of wasps)
whiney-pine1920
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 395 Whiny piny, fretful, complaining.
1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. 377 The sweet but rather whiny sing-song of Northamptonshire.
1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. iv. 32 Beth, you really are a whiny child, you always have a grievance.
1920 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 27 Sept. (1977) 182 Two infant wasps..each caught hold of a side of a leaf and began to tug... They became furious. They whimpered, whiney-pined—snatched at each other—wouldn't give way.
Draft additions 1993
ˈwhininess n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > whine
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whine1633
cant1640
whindle1647
whindling1648
whinging1720
beggar-whine1796
wheak1828
caterwaulinga1861
twine1876
whininess1934
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whimperingc1522
puling?1529
whewling1609
whine1633
whindle1647
whindling1648
pipation1656
whimper1699
whinging1720
pule1812
whinner1840
mewl1857
whinneringa1871
whimp1925
whininess1934
1934 in N. Webster Dict.
1980 J. Lees-Milne Harold Nicolson I. xiii. 276 Percy became a different person without her perpetual whininess.
1988 Times 14 July 8/2 All this adds up to an image of weakness, insincerity, whininess and what the Americans call ‘goofiness’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1854