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What is the adjective for whining?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb whine which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

whiny
  1. whining; tending to whine or complain.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disagreeable, irritable, cantankerous, grumpy, grouchy, crabby, cross, peevish, surly, prickly, petulant, dyspeptic, crabbed, ratty, tetchy, splenetic, snappy, snappish, pettish, waspish, bilious, sulky, sullen, ornery, curmudgeonly, querulous, churlish, bearish, quarrelsome, difficult, acid, brusque, mean, unfriendly, spiteful, unpleasant, nasty, uptight, contrary, ungracious, rude, abrupt, unhelpful, discourteous, impolite, vicious, contentious, disputatious, bellicose, disobliging … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The first clue that this isn't your average Disney film comes courtesy of the score, which features more dancing lutes than whiny violins.”
      “For kids who grew up in the '90s, metal music means whiny frat boys half-rapping over oafish power chord dross.”
      “That whiny and disloyal Max the Dog is crushed along with the goods as they tumble down the slope and smash to flinders.”
whiney
  1. Alternative spelling of whiny
  2. Examples:
      3. “And if you need a whiney, loud-mouthed woman to repulse those pesky telemarketers, throw your little sis some cash.”
      “The person who brings this out in most women is that television presenter who had the mean little whiney, rebarbative jibes that suited her well.”
      “High scorers are viewed as maladjusted, whiney, demanding, and quick-tempered.”
whinier
  1. comparative form of whiny: more whiny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grumpier, grouchier, crabbier, crosser, surlier, pricklier, rattier, tetchier, snappier, sulkier, sullener, ornerier, curmudgeonlier, difficulter, brusquer, meaner, unfriendlier, spitefuller, unpleasanter, nastier, uptighter, ruder, impoliter, viciouser, uglier, crueler, worse-tempered, more disagreeable, more irritable, more cantankerous, more peevish, more petulant, more dyspeptic, more crabbed, more splenetic, more snappish, more pettish, more waspish, more bilious, more querulous, more churlish, more bearish, more quarrelsome, more acid, more contrary, more ungracious, more abrupt, more unhelpful, more discourteous, more contentious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “At her worst, Gilda comes off as a whinier Lucille Ball, and we mark time until the next skit.”
      “Lila sounded a little nasal to Andy, making her voice seem even whinier than it had been.”
      “A FOLKSY start and some even whinier vocals are all that differ on this Blunt stock-in-trade single.”
whiniest
  1. superlative form of whiny: most whiny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grumpiest, grouchiest, crabbiest, crossest, surliest, prickliest, rattiest, tetchiest, snappiest, sulkiest, sullenest, orneriest, curmudgeonliest, difficultest, brusquest, meanest, unfriendliest, spitefullest, unpleasantest, nastiest, uptightest, rudest, impolitest, viciousest, ugliest, cruelest, worst-tempered, most disagreeable, most irritable, most cantankerous, most peevish, most petulant, most dyspeptic, most crabbed, most splenetic, most snappish, most pettish, most waspish, most bilious, most querulous, most churlish, most bearish, most quarrelsome, most acid, most contrary, most ungracious, most abrupt, most unhelpful, most discourteous, most contentious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But when the school bell rings, the toys learn they're shut in with the centre's whiniest brats who are intent on breaking everything in sight.”
      “And it's not just that she plays the whiniest most annoying character ever committed to the small screen.”
      “Tom Hoffarth's column had to be the whiniest sports column I have read in my lifetime.”
whined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of whine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, keened, sniveled, snivelled, whimpered, blubbed, lamented, mewled, squalled, grieved, mourned, bleated, boohooed, puled, yowled, grizzled, howled, sniffed, weeped, whinged, bemoaned, bewailed, greeted, plained, shed tears, broke down, broken down, choked up, cracked up, teared up, burst into tears, dissolved in tears, howled your eyes out, rang the blues, rung the blues, sheded bitter tears, turned on the waterworks, turned on waterworks, cried your eyes out, let it all out, put on the weeps, let go, moaned, sniffled, ululated … more
whining
  1. present participle of whine
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complaining, grumbling, moaning, whingeing, grousing, griping, beefing, grouching, bleating, bellyaching, grizzling, wailing, muttering, fussing, growling, nagging, screaming, inveighing, keening, grumping, kvetching, murmuring, caterwauling, whimpering, repining, squealing, yowling, crabbing, carping, hollering, squawking, croaking, maundering, kicking, yammering, yawping, yauping, mithering, crying, snivelling, sniveling, pleading, groaning, kicking up a fuss, chuntering, objecting, howling, protesting, lamenting, cavilling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They continued at play till I drew very near, and then they addressed me with the begging cant and the whining voice of sorrow.”
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