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whineling

whineling adjective: whiny; plaintive.

Adjective

whineling (comparative more whineling, superlative most whineling)

  1. (obsolete) Whiny; plaintive.
    • If she be sluttish, pieuish, and vntoward, Wilful,and wanton, lazie, curst,and sullen, Franticke, and foolish, whineling, and froward, And scarce can make a threed of russet wollen, But must be taught how to put vp her pullen: To haue a wench well followed with such fits, Would make a poore man...1600, Nicholas Breton, Pasquils Mistresse, Or The Worthie and Unworthie Woman
    • Half swells, then sinks, like fails of ships becalm'd, A dry, dead, sweet — man's mummied voice embalm'd. Shame on the whineling, sleep-inducive, tone!1753, Aaron Hill, Works - Volume 3 - Page 406

Forms of whineling

comparativemore whineling
superlativemost whineling

Origin of whineling

From whine + -ling.

Questions about whineling

What does whineling mean?
Whineling means whiny; plaintive.
What part of speech is whineling?
Whineling is an adjective.

Words near whineling in the dictionary

  1. whinchats
  2. Whindian
  3. whine
  4. whined
  5. whinedst
  6. whineling
  7. whiner
  8. whiners
  9. Whinery
  10. Whinerys
  11. whines

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