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English

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Alternative forms

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• whiney

Etymology

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From whine +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: wīnʹi, IPA(key): /ˈwaɪni/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪni
• Homophone: winy (wine–whine merger)

Adjective

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whiny (comparative whinier, superlative whiniest)

1. Whining; tending to whine or complain. She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.
   • 1981 May 10, Haskel Frankel, “ROSALIND HARRIS IN 'FUNNY GIRL'”, in The New York Times‎[1]:Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice.
   • 1990 August 17, Caryn James, “Review/Film; An Adman, His Filofax And a Thief”, in The New York Times‎[2]: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.
   • 2000 January 24, Stephen Holden, “MUSIC IN REVIEW: CABARET; Turning 1960's Innocence Into 90's Toughness”, in The New York Times‎[3]: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.

Derived terms

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• whiny-ass titty baby

Translations

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Galician: mixiriqueiro Norwegian: Bokmål: grinete Nynorsk: grinete Spanish: (please verify) quejetas, quejoso (es), quejicoso (es), quejica (es), quejilloso (es), cojijoso, quejumbroso (es), llorón (es), quejón (Latin America) Swedish: gnällig (sv)

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