snivel

snivel is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
2. intransitive verb. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
3. intransitive verb. Mucus from the nose; snot.
4. noun. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

   Synonyms: sniffle, snuffle

5. noun. whining in a tearful manner

   Synonyms: sniveling

6. verb. cry or whine with snuffling

   "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"

   Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snuffle

7. verb. snuff up mucus through the nose

   Synonyms: snuffle

8. verb. talk in a tearful manner

   Synonyms: whine

Synonyms

sniffle, snuffle, sniveling, blub, blubber, whine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in snivel:

levins, livens

Common word forms

snivels, sniveled, sniveler, snivelly, sniveling, snivelled, sniveller, snivelling

Words from these letters

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