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whingery

whingery noun: whingeing; peevish complaining.

Noun

whingery (uncountable)

  1. (UK, informal, rare) Whingeing; peevish complaining.
    • The consensus on this one is you should ignore whingeing tones […] You'll have to follow up by really listening to the non-whingery.2009, Kaz Cooke, The Rough Guide to Babies & Toddlers, page 343
    • More to the point, such protests were not just NIMBY whingery for they were, on the whole, aimed at stopping dead one or more of the Ringway schemes.2010, C. Bloom, Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts, page 463

Origin of whingery

whinge + -ery

Questions about whingery

What does whingery mean?
Whingery means whingeing; peevish complaining.
What part of speech is whingery?
Whingery is a noun.

Words near whingery in the dictionary

  1. whingeing
  2. whingeingly
  3. whingeings
  4. whinger
  5. whingers
  6. whingery
  7. whinges
  8. whingey
  9. whinging
  10. whingle
  11. whingled

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