What is "whiny" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does whiny mean in English? Meaning of whiny definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "whiny" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "whiny": habitually complaining

Adjective

  • Meaning: habitually complaining
  • Example: a whiny child
  • Synonyms: fretful querulous whiney whiny
  • Similar: complaining complaintive
  • Adjective: whining; tending to whine or complain. Emily is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
  • Synonyms:

    unpleasant, obnoxious, rude, bellicose, brusque, cantankerous, churlish, contentious, contrary, cross, difficult, disobliging, disputatious, grouchy, ill-natured, nasty, offensive, out of sorts, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappy, surly, ugly, unfriendly, ungracious, uptight, waspish, eristic, pettish, unlikable, impatient, sullen, perverse, testy, cranky, fractious, irritable, bad-tempered, captious, complaining, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, mean, peevish, querulous, snappish, sour, sulky, touchy, ungracious, uptight, waspish, caviling, ill-humored, pouting, whining, cantankerous, captious, carping, censorious, complaining, critical, cross, crying, discontented, dissatisfied, edgy, fault-finding, fretful, grumbling, irritable, lamenting, petulant, plaintive, snappy, sour, testy, uptight, waspish, scrappy, wailing, bearish, bemoaning, deploring, grousing, grumbly, huffy irascible, out of sorts peevish, thin-skinned touchy, waspy, whimpering, whining,

    Antonyms:

    delightful, pleasant, kind, friendly, inoffensive, pleasing, agreeable, nice, happy, patient, willing, cheerful, good-natured, pleasant, happy, agreeable, nice, cheerful, easy-going, happy,

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