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sniveling

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noun

sniveling

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verb

variants or snivelling
present participle of snivel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniveling
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • Anticipate and Remind There's no reason to wait for the whining to happen.
    Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether preserving the original design (like Adrienne Bailon in 2019) or creatively recycling it (as Troian Bellisario did at the 2020 Golden Globes), these sentimental pieces are finding new life.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • While the highlight of the weekend is usually the Dragon Boat Races — which have drawn competitors and crowds since 1991 — the sentimental favorite is the water lantern release onto the lake.
    Edwin Goei, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • If that line of reasoning is too mawkish and bleeding-heart for your taste, Worsley makes a more pragmatic argument for a generous, welcoming immigration policy, one unsentimentally rooted in cold dollars and cents.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
  • Despite the grievous subject matter, there is not a single note in Vega’s catalogue that could be heard as mawkish or emotionally overwrought.
    Emma Madden, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • An almost but not quite maudlin contemplation of the inevitability of death.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The trick to that is going in without bitterness and going in without any kind of maudlin demonstrations of emotion.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Sniveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniveling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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