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whinge

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verb

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Recent Examples of whinge
Verb
Trump-supporting financiers Ken Griffin and Bill Ackman have also openly whinged about the trade war’s threat to American supremacy on the world stage. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 Here, unable to transcend his previous work, the Englishman smothers the same performance in whinging self-regard. Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 In an interview on Fox News, Trump’s reliable friend and promoter Sean Hannity offered the former President a chance to dismiss the growing public alarm over his dictatorial aspirations as just so much whinging by the liberal media. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023 There is plenty of whinging going on here, but both Goop and the cruise ship industry feel like fair targets, and Oyler’s dry humor still manages to lift this piece up. Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2023 Toddlers scream, children whinge and teenagers complain. Emma Baty, Redbook, 23 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whinge
Noun
  • Deciphering the vocalizations involves both sound and context, as a dog’s bark or whine may be tied to its situation, Zhu said.
    Miriam Fauzia, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The unfiltered electric soundtrack of the Evija goes from a piercing whine to an ear-splitting shriek.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Police body cam footage recreates the months that led up to the tragic shooting, reconstructing the tale of a woman who frequently complained about the neighborhood's kids and hurled racial slurs at them before claiming the life of one of their mothers.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For example, the brand had to reissue and had to rebrand its peptide lip treatment after customers complained about the texture.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan.
    Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The professional chef, who had never smelled her own feet before, screamed as Barrymore picked up her foot and gave it a sniff.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Difficulty concentrating is a common complaint among people experiencing SAD, Justin Puder, PhD, a psychologist based in Boca Raton, Florida, tells SELF.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With her lawsuit, Ball is seeking damages for her injuries, pain and suffering, lost earnings, disfigurement, mental anguish and more, the complaint shows.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Whinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whinge. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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