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Synonyms for whiner


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hwahyn, wahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwaɪn, waɪn

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Définition of whiner

Origin :
  • 1630s, from whine (v.).
  • As in killjoy : noun spoilsport
  • As in sourpuss : noun grouch
  • As in bellyacher : noun complainer
  • As in caviler : noun critic
  • As in crab : noun grouch
  • As in griper : noun grouch
  • As in grouser : noun grouch
  • As in grumbler : noun grouch
  • As in murmurer : noun grouch
  • As in mutterer : noun grouch
  • As in sorehead : noun grouch
  • As in crybaby : noun malcontent
  • As in grouch : noun person who complains a lot
  • As in grump : noun cranky person
Example sentences :
  • For the whiner got even less mercy from these men, than he that defied and outfaced them.
  • Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett
  • He had enough to do in the cabin, and this outdoor performance was no work, anyway, for a whiner.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys Snowbound » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Six boys and a whiner were asleep in their bunks in the log cabin when that awesome sound first smote the air.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys Snowbound » by H. Irving Hancock
  • No doubt I might have gone whining to Andy and made him take back all the things he said, but I am no whiner.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's College Friends » by Nell Speed
  • I have just carried unpoliteness far enough to make her afraid of me; and to shew her, that I am no whiner.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • “I should never think of doing such a thing as to pull your hair,” said the whiner.
  • Extract from : « The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere » by Charles de Coster
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