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snivelling
noun as in cry
noun as in sobbing
Example Sentences
Philip told Charles that Mountbatten was dead and it was no good “snivelling” about this fact.
Why not have kept him here among the rest, and made a sneaking, snivelling pickpocket of him at once?
I want none of your pity, rejoined Haywood; keep your snivelling till it be your own turn.
I know what you mean by bishops—rascals like yourself, Kidderminster bishops, factious, snivelling Presbyterians!'
Always poking his blessed 'humanity' ideas down a man's throat and snivelling over people's souls.
I am afraid to go to the Hopes, for there he will follow me, and he is a snivelling, watering thing to make a fuss and spoil all.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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