adj
Meaning 1
Whining; tending to whine or complain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whiny
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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wīnʹi
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/ˈwaɪni/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪni
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homophone: winy (wine–whine merger)
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CMU ARPABET: W AY1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AY1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
habitually complaining
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a whiny child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fretful, querulous, whiney
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English whine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English whiny From whine + -y.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: queixós — Translations
- Crimean Tatar: ağlavuq — Translations
- Galician: mixiriqueiro — Translations
- Norwegian Bokmål: grinete — Translations
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grinete — Translations
- Spanish: quejoso — Translations
- Spanish: quejicoso — Translations
- Spanish: quejica — Translations
- Spanish: quejilloso — Translations
- Spanish: cojijoso — Translations
- Spanish: quejumbroso — Translations
- Spanish: llorón — Translations
- Spanish: quejón — Translations
- Swedish: gnällig — Translations