snivel
[sniv-uh l]
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verb (used without object), sniv·eled, sniv·el·ing or (especially British) sniv·elled, sniv·el·ling.
verb (used with object), sniv·eled, sniv·el·ing or (especially British) sniv·elled, sniv·el·ling.
to utter with sniveling or sniffling.
noun
Origin of snivel
1275–1325; Middle English snyvele; compare Old English snyflung (gerund), derivative of snofl mucus; cognate with Low German snüfeln
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Related Words for sniveled
gripe, whimper, whine, groan, shine, sob, sniff, blubber, weep, complain, fret, sniffleExamples from the Web for sniveled
Historical Examples of sniveled
If he exists, he has assumed a less offensive form than when he ate muffins and sniveled inanity in Mrs. Snagsby's back room.
Caricature and Other Comic ArtJames Parton.
"Honestly, I didn't think it would kill anything but ragweed," Henry sniveled miserably.
Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye GlassesDwight V. Swain
She may have sniveled a good deal, but she was capable of loving some one else better than herself.
Atlantic ClassicsVarious
Part of the time I sniveled and part of the time Allie sniveled, and once or twice we were all three all balled up in our throats.
At Good Old SiwashGeorge Fitch
Brent sank weakly into his chair and began to whimper: "I'm as good a man as I ever was," he sniveled.
SnowdriftJames B. Hendryx
snivel
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
noun
Word Origin for snivel
C14 snivelen; related to Old English snyflung mucus, Dutch snuffelen to smell out, Old Norse snoppa snout
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