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whininess

  • a word derived from whiny.

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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 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 Sep. 28, 2017

On a revisit nothing stands out quite so painfully as the book’s ambient self-pity and whininess.

From Slate 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 Feb. 17, 2011

There was a whininess in my voice that I hated.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell