whinge

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/(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/

Definition of whinge

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
    “Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.”
    “I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.”
    “"'D' ye hear what's come ower ye now,' continued the virago, 'ye whingeing Whig carles? D'ye hear wha's coming to cow yer cracks?"”
    “You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.”
    “Mostly, they were wingeing about the lousy cook and the same thing served too often”
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verb

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
    “Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.”
    “I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.”
    “"'D' ye hear what's come ower ye now,' continued the virago, 'ye whingeing Whig carles? D'ye hear wha's coming to cow yer cracks?"”
    “You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.”
    “Mostly, they were wingeing about the lousy cook and the same thing served too often”

noun

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)A cry.
    “Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.”
  2. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)A peevish complaint.
    “I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!”

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Etymology

From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).

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