 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
whining
adjective
1: long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying
2: habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: {fretful}, {querulous},
{whiney}, {whining(a)}, {whiny}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whine \Whine\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Whined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whining}.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[=i]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[=i]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. {Whinny}, verb (used without an object)]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. ''Whining
plovers.'' --Spenser.
The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "whining":
Jeremianic, acute, argute, bawling, beef, beefing, bellyache,
bellyaching, bitch, bitching, blatant, complaining, complaint,
creaky, crying, destructive criticism, dissent, ear-piercing,
faultfinding, fretful, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning,
grouse, grousing, grumbling, holler, howl, howling, keen, keening,
kick, kicking, lamentive, lowing, moanful, moaning, mournful,
mugient, murmuring, peeve, peevish, peevishness, penetrating,
pet peeve, petulance, petulant, piercing, piping, plaintive,
plangent, protest, puling, querulous, querulousness, reedy,
scolding, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky,
shrill, sigh, sighing, sniping, sobbing, sorrowful, soughing,
squawk, squawking, squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailful,
wailing, whimpering, whiny, whistling, yapping
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