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also whiney
as in whining
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Recent Examples of whiny
My counterpoint was that Adams already has tried, but got skewered as whiny and defensive.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The best way to explain it is to record both whiny and regular voices and then play them back.
—Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
Clad in nothing but his underwear, Joe pursues Bronte through the woods like a demon, and Badgley goes hard on making Joe sound like a teeny, whiny baby.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Actually 2 questions: 1) Do race fans, reporters, and aficionados accept vague whiny complaints from the drivers about how the car is to blame without demanding some type of backup?
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The best way to explain it is to record both whiny and regular voices and then play them back.
—Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
Clad in nothing but his underwear, Joe pursues Bronte through the woods like a demon, and Badgley goes hard on making Joe sound like a teeny, whiny baby.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Actually 2 questions: 1) Do race fans, reporters, and aficionados accept vague whiny complaints from the drivers about how the car is to blame without demanding some type of backup?
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiny
Adjective
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There was always the risk that he could be associated with more strident calls for change and earn the ire of his superiors.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Like any journal of ideas, some of its positions did not age well (notably its strident opposition to the Civil Rights Movement), but other ideas became bedrock principles of the Republican Party.—
Terry W. Hartle,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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After training an algorithm with the collected data, researchers effectively identified the members of the cohort using the nasal airflow data alone.—
Jay Kakade
June 22,
New Atlas,
22 June 2025
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Kastner was then taken to a hospital with lacerations on his face and a nasal bone fracture.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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The males climb up trees and produce their shrill songs en masse, using muscles to vibrate a rigid part of their exoskeletons called tymbals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Whiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiny. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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