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All whiny synonyms

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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.
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