Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiny

/ˈwaɪni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: whiny
IPA: /ˈwaɪni/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whining; tending to whine or complain.

adj

Having a nasally or high-pitched voice.

Example Sentences

"She is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things."
"Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice."
"But everyone else seems to have phoned in the film, including Mr. Grodin at his whiniest and Arthur Hiller, the veteran director of films as funny as The In-Laws and as unspeakable as Love Story."
"It takes nerve for a singer to dig out a whiny teenage lament from the early days of rock 'n' roll and transform it into a sexy, slow-burning torch song for adults."

Etymology

Etymology tree English whine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English whiny From whine + -y.

Inflected Forms

whinier (comparative) whiniest (superlative) whiney (alternative)

Derived Forms

whinily whininess

Phrases

whiny-ass titty baby

Synonyms

fretful querulous whiney

Homonyms

winy (wine–whine merger) winy

Rhymes With

tiny shiny spiny viney winey riney dominy swiney heiney piny heiny piney

Questions

How do you pronounce whiny?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwaɪni/.
What does whiny mean?: Whining; tending to whine or complain.
Where does whiny come from?: Etymology tree English whine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English whiny From whine + -y.

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