Whimper
['wɪmpə] or ['wɪmpɚ]
Definition
(v. i.) To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.
(v. t.) To utter in alow, whining tone.
(n.) A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.
Typist: Rebecca
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Cry (in-low and broken tones), snivel, blubber, whine.
Checker: Maisie
Definition
v.i. to cry with a low whining voice.—n. a peevish cry.—ns. Whim′perer one who whimpers; Whim′pering peevish crying.—adv. Whim′peringly.—Be on the whimper to be peevish and ready to cry.
Edited by Greg
Examples
- The wretched creature began to whimper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Amelia was making a fool of herself in an absurd hysterical manner, and retired to her own room to whimper in private. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I can't help it,' whimpered the lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I can't be more miserable anywhere,' whimpered the whelp, 'than I have been here, ever since I can remember. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But--but--oh, for God's sake, do come and live near me, and--and--see me sometimes, whimpered out the unfortunate man. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tell her that she does not know all: Tell her that I am innocent, dear Pitt, she whimpered out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I whimpered, I don't know. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But he only whimpered and stared at me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Dear me,' whimpered Mrs. Gradgrind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My love would have been devoted--would have trod your paltry whimpering under foot! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was wiping the dead face carefully, and murmuring, almost whimpering, very softly: 'Poor Mr Crich! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Let us respect Amelia and her mamma whispering and whimpering and laughing and crying in the parlour and the twilight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, whimpering again, and at intervals biting the curls, and stopping to look how much was bitten off, 'It's a shame! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No, don't starve me,' he urged, whimpering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She has been whimpering half a dozen times, at the very notion of it, already to me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Yes, I see you once afore at the inkwhich, whimpers Jo. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Sadie