whiney
pronunciation
How to pronounce whiney in British English:
UK ['hwaɪnɪ]
How to pronounce whiney in American English:
US ['waɪnɪ]
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- Adjective:
- habitually complaining
Word Origin
- whiney (adj.)
- also whiny, from whine + -y (2).
Example
- 1. He 's all whiney and afraid of the light .
- 2. What the hell do they think people are going to say when , in spite of what the papers tell us about how gay cabals are running the country and the media , that homophobia doesn 't exist any more and stigma is dead and what a whiney lot we are , they are wrong .