whiny
adjective
complaining; fretful; cranky.
whininess
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a word derived from
whiny.
Example Sentences
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The willowy Mr. Beard’s Edmund has a Method, 1950s twitchiness and whininess that bring to mind James Dean in “East of Eden.”
From New York Times β May 13, 2018
His origin story — that he was irrevocably damaged in 1949 by learning that his first wife had cheated on him — has a whiff of prototypical Reddit red-pill whininess to it.
From Washington Post β Sep. 28, 2017
On a revisit nothing stands out quite so painfully as the book’s ambient self-pity and whininess.
From Slate β May 15, 2017
Alphonse combines the whininess of Palance in The Big Knife with the manipulative cruelty of LeGros in Living in Oblivion.
From The Guardian β Feb. 17, 2011
There was a whininess in my voice that I hated.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
