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whiny

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈwaɪni/

Definition of whiny

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Whining; tending to whine or complain.
    “She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.”
    “Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice.”
    “But everyone else seems to have phoned in the film, including Mr. Grodin at his whiniest and Arthur Hiller, the veteran director of films as funny as The In-Laws and as unspeakable as Love Story.”
    “It takes nerve for a singer to dig out a whiny teenage lament from the early days of rock 'n' roll and transform it into a sexy, slow-burning torch song for adults.”
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adj

  1. Whining; tending to whine or complain.
    “She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.”
    “Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice.”
    “But everyone else seems to have phoned in the film, including Mr. Grodin at his whiniest and Arthur Hiller, the veteran director of films as funny as The In-Laws and as unspeakable as Love Story.”
    “It takes nerve for a singer to dig out a whiny teenage lament from the early days of rock 'n' roll and transform it into a sexy, slow-burning torch song for adults.”
  2. Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.

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Etymology

From whine + -y.

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