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WHINEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whiney mean?
• WHINEY (adjective)
The adjective WHINEY has 1 sense:
1. habitually complaining
Familiarity information: WHINEY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Habitually complaining
Synonyms:
fretful; querulous; whiney; whiny
Context example:
a whiny child
Similar:
complaining; complaintive (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment)
Derivation:
whine (a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way)
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