Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, 3rd person singular presenttense whinges, present participle whingeing, present participle whinging, past tense, past participle whinged
verb
If you say that someone is whingeing, you mean that they are complaining in an annoying way about something unimportant.
[British, informal, disapproval]
...people who whine and whinge about their alleged misfortunes. [Vabout n/-ing]
All she ever does is whinge and complain. [VERB]
Stop whingeing and get on with it. [VERB]
[Also VERB with quote]
Synonyms: complain, moan [informal], grumble, grouse More Synonyms of whinge
Whinge is also a noun.
It must be really depressing listening to everybody's whinges.
More Synonyms of whinge
whinge in British English
(wɪndʒ) informal
verbWord forms: whinges, whingeing or whinged(intransitive)
1.
to cry in a fretful way
2.
to complain
noun
3.
a complaint
Derived forms
whingeing (ˈwhingeing)
noun, adjective
whinger (ˈwhinger)
noun
Word origin
from a Northern variant of Old English hwinsian to whine; related to Old High German winsan, winisan, whence Middle High German winsen
whinge in American English
(hwɪndʒ; wɪndʒ)
British, Informal
verb intransitiveWord forms: whinged or ˈwhingeing
1.
to whine
2.
to complain
noun
3.
a whine or complaint
Word origin
OE hwinsian < Gmc *hwinisōjan
Examples of 'whinge' in a sentence
whinge
Ironically this was in a whinge about grammar schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But let us not whinge about players wanting to go in the first place.
The Sun (2017)
Second funniest are the people who whinge about him.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They whinge until they get their own way.
The Sun (2015)
They hustle and they bustle while we get fat and whinge.
The Sun (2008)
Yet this was not to be one long whinge.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Do not whinge about the deal or pine too publicly for the legacy company.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The corollary is that we also enjoy having a good old whinge about the forecasters getting it wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But they don't whinge and just get on with the job.
The Sun (2013)
Owners can whinge and moan, but people will do what is right for them.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
WHY do we whinge about flight tax?
The Sun (2011)
Yet, the very same individuals are happy to whinge for hours about how they are being ripped off.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A minority of fund managers might whinge about the pressure on them to think and behave like owners.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They whine, whinge and cry.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Do we whine and whinge?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There's only so much time one can spend listening to four ambitious students whinge about the tutor they have hired at vast expense.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I do still whinge about the trivial, but it bothers me much less.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
For him to whinge about the emotional and physical distress HE has suffered defies belief.
The Sun (2013)
Parents whinge about childcare during the long summer holiday: let's shorten it!
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I can't whinge about it!
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All in all it was a delight, one long whinge by the sort of people who should be on the radio far more often than they are.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
(verb)
Definition
to complain in a moaning manner
people who whinge about their alleged misfortunes
Synonyms
complain
She never complains about her situation.
moan (informal)
I used to moan if I didn't get at least 8 hours' sleep.
grumble
`This is very inconvenient,' she grumbled.
grouse
`How come they never tell us what's going on?' he groused.
gripe (informal)
She started griping about the prices they were charging.
beef (slang)
She was beefing about what he had done.
carp
He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style.
bleat
They are always bleating about `unfair' foreign competition.
grizzle (informal, mainly British)
The children were grizzling and complaining.
grouch (informal)
They grouched about how hard-up they were.
bellyache (slang)
kvetch (US, slang)
(noun)
Definition
a complaint
It must be depressing having to listen to everyone's whinges.
Synonyms
complaint
I don't have any complaints about the way I've been treated.
moan (informal)
They have been listening to people's gripes and moans.
grumble
My grumble is with the structure and organization of the material.
whine
endless whines about how shallow our society is
grouse
There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.
gripe (informal)
My only gripe is that just one main course and one dessert were available.
grouch (informal)
One of their biggest grouches is the new system of payment.
beef (slang)
I really don't have a beef with Wayne.
Seewhine
Nearby words of
whinge
whimsical
whine
whiner
whinge
whip
whip someone up
whip something out
Synonyms of 'whinge'
whinge
Explore 'whinge' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of moan
Definition
to grumble or complain
I used to moan if I didn't get at least 8 hours' sleep.
Synonyms
grumble,
complain,
groan (informal),
whine,
beef (slang),
carp,
bitch (slang),
grouse,
gripe (informal),
whinge (informal),
bleat,
moan and groan,
grouch (informal)
in the sense of moan
Definition
a grumble or complaint
They have been listening to people's gripes and moans.