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WHINEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whiney mean? 

WHINEY (adjective)
  The adjective WHINEY has 1 sense:

1. habitually complainingplay

  Familiarity information: WHINEY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHINEY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Habitually complaining

Synonyms:

fretful; querulous; whiney; whiny

Context example:

a whiny child

Similar:

complaining; complaintive (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment)

Derivation:

whine (a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way)


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