whine

whine is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.
2. transitive verb. To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
3. noun. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
4. noun. a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way

   Synonyms: whimper

5. verb. complain whiningly

   Synonyms: grizzle, yammer, yawp

6. verb. talk in a tearful manner

   Synonyms: snivel

7. verb. move with a whining sound

   "The bullets were whining past us"

8. verb. make a high-pitched, screeching noise

   "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"

   "My car engine makes a whining noise"

   Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak

Synonyms

whimper, grizzle, yammer, yawp, snivel, creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in whine:

whein

Common word forms

whined, whiner, whines, whining

Words from these letters

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