Found 2 items, similar to sniveling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sniveling
sniveling
n : whining in a tearful manner [syn:
snivel]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sniveling
Snivel
\Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Sniveledor
Snivelled;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sniveling or
Snivelling.] [OE. snivelen,
snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See
Sniff, and cf.
Snuffle.]
1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
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2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly
or whiningly.
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Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W.
Scott.
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