Synonyms for whine
ʰwaɪn, waɪnwhine

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1. whimper, whineverb

   a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

   Synonyms:
   whimper

2. whineverb

   move with a whining sound

   "The bullets were whining past us"

   Synonyms:
   yawp, skreak, snivel, creak, yammer, screech, squeak, grizzle, screak

3. snivel, whineverb

   talk in a tearful manner

   Synonyms:
   grizzle, yawp, sniffle, skreak, snivel, creak, squeak, screech, blubber, screak, yammer, blub, snuffle

4. whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreakverb

   make a high-pitched, screeching noise

   "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"

   Synonyms:
   yawp, skreak, snivel, squawk, creak, yammer, screech, squeak, grizzle, screak, skreigh

5. whine, grizzle, yammer, yawpverb

   complain whiningly

   Synonyms:
   stew, howl, yawp, skreak, snivel, yowl, creak, yammer, bawl, screech, brood, squeak, grizzle, wrawl, screak

Matched Categories

1. • Make Noise
   • Move
   • Talk

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1. whineverb

   Synonyms:
   cry (plaintively), moan (in a childish way)

2. whinenoun

   Synonyms:
   plaintive tone

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. whinenoun

   Synonyms:
   whimper, puling, complaint

2. whineverb

   Synonyms:
   whimper, pule, complain

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1. List of paraphrases for "whine":

   mourn

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How to use whine in a sentence?

1. James McNeill Whistler:

   Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

2. James Abbott McNeill Whistler:

   Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the ameteur for three, or the cry of the critc for five. (from Whistler vs. Ruskin, 1878)

3. Swedish Proverb:

   Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more

4. unknown:

   If you have time to whine about it, you have time to do something about it.

5. Thomas Tusser:

   For the first fourteen years for a rod they do whine, For the next as a pearl in the world they do shine, For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve, For the next matrons or drudges they serve, For the next doth crave a staff for a stay, For the next a bier to fetch them away.