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whiney

whiney is the alternative spelling of whiny.

Meaning of whiny

Adjective

whiny (comparative whinier, superlative whiniest)

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

Forms of whiney

comparativewhinier
superlativewhiniest

Origin of whiney

From whine + -y.

Questions about whiney

What is whiney the alternative spelling of?
Whiney is the alternative spelling of whiny.

Words near whiney in the dictionary

  1. Whinerys
  2. whines
  3. whinest
  4. whinestone
  5. whineth
  6. whiney
  7. whing
  8. whing-ding
  9. whing-dings
  10. whingding
  11. whingdings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whiney (page history and authors); whiny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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