EGAVE

whiny

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Whining; tending to whine or complain.
    She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
  2. adjective Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.

Similar words

complaintive complaining querulous fretful whingy waily complainy moany querimonious noodgy

Often followed by

voice and little tone or child kids voices baby

Word family

whiney whinier whiniest whininess whininesses

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