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whiny

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whin⋅y

  [hwahy-nee, wahy-]
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–adjective, whin⋅i⋅er, whin⋅i⋅est.
complaining; fretful; cranky: The baby is whiny because he missed his nap.
Also, whiney.

Origin:
1850–55; whine + -y 1

Related forms:
whin⋅i⋅ness, noun
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whine   (hwīn, wīn)   
v.   whined, whin·ing, whines

v.   intr.

  1. To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.

  2. To complain or protest in a childish fashion.

  3. To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.

v.   tr.
To utter with a whine.
n.  

  1. The act of whining.

  2. A whining sound.

  3. A complaint uttered in a plaintive tone.


[Middle English whinen, from Old English hwīnan, to make a whizzing sound.]
whin'er n., whin'ing·ly adv., whin'y, whin'ey adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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