All whiny synonyms
whinΒ·y
W w adjective whiny
- fault-finding β the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- fretful β disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- grumbling β to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- huffy β easily offended; touchy.
- ill humor β a disagreeable or surly mood.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- snappish β apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- sour β having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- sulky β marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
- touchy β apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- whining β to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- bearish β On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- carping β tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
- censorious β If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- crying β notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- deploring β Present participle of deplore.
- discontented β not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
- dissatisfied β not satisfied or pleased; discontented.
- edgy β nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grumbly β to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- lamenting β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- plaintive β expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- scrappy β fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- wailing β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- waspy β Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. of, relating to, or characteristic of WASPs: a Waspy country club.
- whimpering β Present participle of whimper.
- bad-tempered β Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- irritable β easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- obnoxious β highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- rude β discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- unpleasant β not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- brusque β blunt or curt in manner or speech
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- churlish β Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- disobliging β Deliberately unhelpful; uncooperative.
- disputatious β fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- eristic β Of or characterized by debate or argument.
- grouchy β sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.
- ill-natured β having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- offensive β causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- out of sorts β a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- peevish β cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.