Synonyms for whiner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hwahyn, wahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʰwaɪn, waɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for whiner Other synonyms for the word whiner
- bear
- bug
- criticizer
- curmudgeon
- dampener
- doomsdayer
- faultfinder
- fusser
- grinch
- griper
- grouch
- grouser
- growler
- grumbler
- grump
- kicker
- killjoy
- malcontent
- moaner
- murmurer
- mutterer
- niggler
- nitpicker
- partypooper
- pessimist
- pettifogger
- prophet of doom
- quibbler
- sissy
- sniveler
- softy
- sorehead
- sourpuss
- stick in the mud
- sulker
- wet blanket
- whiner
- wuss
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
- 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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