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whimpering
adjective as in querulous
Weak matches
- bearish
- bemoaning
- cantankerous
- captious
- carping
- censorious
- complaining
- critical
- cross
- crying
- deploring
- discontented
- dissatisfied
- edgy
- fault-finding
- fretful
- grousing
- grumbling
- grumbly
- huffy
- irritable
- lamenting
- out of sorts
- peevish
- petulant
- plaintive
- scrappy
- snappy
- sour
- testy
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- uptight
- wailing
- waspish
- waspy
- whining
- whiny
adjective as in tearful
adjective as in teary
noun as in cry
noun as in sobbing
noun as in tear/tears
Example Sentences
She said she believed she covered the baby's mouth after he made a "whimpering cry" because "he needed to be quiet".
The host stresses to a whimpering Jenn that in that scene she showed America "what a strong and powerful woman is."
Kevin Little, a Fresno attorney who has watched the case closely, said the agreement “likely marks a whimpering end to what started as a major case.”
I pinned my ears in disgust at his whimpering.
Lord Sandown hung from the nanny’s grip by an ear, whimpering.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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