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whimpering
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | long, painful cry |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blubber, clamor, groan, growl, hoot, keen, lament, moan, outcry, quest, roar, scream, shout, shriek, ululate, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yelp, yip, yowl |
| Main Entry: | sob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry hard |
| Synonyms: | bawl, blub, blubber, boohoo, break down, cry a river, cry convulsively, cry eyes out, howl, lament, shed tears, snivel, turn on waterworks, wail, weep, whimper |
| Main Entry: | wail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry loudly |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bay, bemoan, bewail, carry on*, complain, cry the blues, deplore, fuss, grieve, howl, jowl, keen, kick, lament, moan, mourn, repine, sob, squall, ululate, weep, whimper, whine |
| Antonyms: | whimper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain |
| Synonyms: | fret, grumble, lament, languish, moan, mope, mourn, murmur, regret, whimper, wish, yearn |
| Main Entry: | pule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain |
| Synonyms: | cry, repine, snivel, weep, whimper, whine |
| Main Entry: | weep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber, boohoo, break down*, burst into tears, complain, deplore, drip, grieve, howl, keen, lament, let go, let it out, mewl, moan, mourn, shed tears, snivel, sob, squall, ululate, wail, whimper, yowl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, cry |
| Synonyms: | bellyache, carp, drone, fuss, gripe, grouse, grumble, howl, kick, mewl, moan, murmur, pule, repine, snivel, sob, wail, whimper, yowl |
| Main Entry: | blubber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry |
| Synonyms: | blub, fat, flab, flitch, nettle, seethe, sob, swell, swollen, thick, wail, weep, whale, whimper, whine |
| Main Entry: | yammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whine |
| Synonyms: | bellyache, carp, complain, fuss, gripe, grumble, howl, moan, repine, wail, whimper, yowl |
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