Scottish. That ‘girns’; ill-humoured, snarling.

Of a person: complaining, given to complaining, full of complaints; fault-finding; peevish. Also as n.: querulous people as a class.

Expressing complaint; given to complaining; = querulous, adj. Obsolete.

That whines; characterized by whining. (literal and figurative.)

Given to wailing, querulous.

Prone to complaint; complaining, querulous.

That speaks in a whining voice; querulous, complaining. Cf. peep, v.2 2. Now rare.

That moans or wails; (of a sound) of the nature of a moan.

Characterized by whining; disposed to whine, fretful. Also whin(e)y pin(e)y; so whiney-pine vb. intr., to make whining noises.

(a) n. a person who complains, a whining or miserable child; (b) adj. fretful, miserable, whining.

Inclined to grizzle or complain whiningly; fretful, fractious, peevish.