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adjective

Definition of snivelingnext
as in crying

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sniveling

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noun

as in weeping

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sniveling

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verb

variants or snivelling
present participle of snivel
as in whimpering
to complain or cry in an annoying way The child sniveled until he got his way.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniveling
  1. weeping
  2. whining
  3. sentimental
  4. mawkish
  5. maudlin
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Definition of weeping
Noun
  • But the only sound from within was the faint whining of a dog.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • The soundtrack of this and every summer is my incessant whining to the beat of a whirring fan.
    Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Definition of whining
Adjective
  • These channels, which come from all over the world, are like that, but without the sentimental backstories.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The sentimental montage began with a clip of Jenn, 26, crying while confronting her ex-fiancé Devin Strader at the After the Final Rose ceremony.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sentimental
Adjective
  • Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — leader or main thing Green group — these can be prickly Blue group — mawkish movies, perhaps Purple group — these have a limit, some might say What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Definition of mawkish
Adjective
  • The song feels all the more maudlin when Lily’s father kicks her door in and throws Atlas to the ground, nearly beating him to death.
    Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Advertisement Lindsay-Abaire’s book and lyrics and Tesori’s peppy Broadway pop music have a madcap streak that resists ever being maudlin.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of maudlin
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