whinger
- a word derived from whinge.
Example Sentences
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It is impossible to believe that this callow whinger has any relation to the iconic villain of the original trilogy.’
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2020
The man we encounter here is a ninny, a whinger, a tantrum-throwing dilettante, “hopelessly thin-skinned . . . naïve and resentful.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017
Lonergan is a notorious whinger on the set, freely admitting how less than thrilled he is with the day-to-day process of directing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2016
The 36-year-old Froch, who does not have time on his side, has spent the past three months calling Groves "a whinger".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2014
Come, put up your whinger, my man, and dinna be breakin the peace o' the meetin.'
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
