Snivel
['snɪv(ə)l] or ['snɪvl]
Definition
(noun.) whining in a tearful manner.
(verb.) cry or whine with snuffling; 'Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!'.
(verb.) talk in a tearful manner.
Typist: Lolita--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
(v. i.) To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
(v. i.) Mucus from the nose; snot.
Inputed by Kelly
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Snot.
v. n. Cry (as a child), blubber, whimper.
Inputed by Bennett
Definition
v.i. to run at the nose: to cry as a child:—pr.p. sniv′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. sniv′elled.—n. snot: cant an affected tearful state.—n. Sniv′eller one prone to snivelling: one who cries for slight causes.—adjs. Sniv′elling snotty: weakly tearful; Sniv′elly snotty whining.
Typed by Judy
Examples
- I never snivel over trifles like that. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Because she leaves you to snivel, and never wipes your nose: she has not even taught you to know the shepherd from the sheep. Plato. The Republic.
- What's set you a snivelling now? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Ye know that, said Tom; I don't pretend none of your snivelling ways, but I won't lie in my 'counts with the devil himself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why not have kept him here among the rest, and made a sneaking, snivelling pickpocket of him at once? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Don't stand snivelling there. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What do you come snivelling here for? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Editor: Noreen