snivel
verb (used without object)
to weep or cry with sniffling.
sniveler
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a word derived from
snivel.
Example Sentences
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The wife becomes risibly alarmed, and the man turns sniveler, racing to the phone to tell the cops to retract his story.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2016
For one thing, he’s just sort of a lame character — a one-note sniveler who seems to be hanging around just to give us something to hiss at.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2015
I wasn’t sure which notion to take more offense to: that she was still looking into orphan homes or that she considered me a sniveler.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Or else I would have flung myself in despair upon the ever-imploring bosom of my lugubrious sniveler.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith
He had great respect for the feelings and convictions of others, but he was not a sniveler.
From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by John B. Remsburg
