What does whimper mean?
Whimper means A low intermittent sob..
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/ˈwɪmpə/ · noun
A low intermittent sob..
The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering; and the cook, crying out 'Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson,' ran forward as if to take him in her arms.
Was ther euer yet prechers, but ther wer gainſayers? that ſpurned? that winſt? that whimpered againſt him?
“Master, please don’t punish me!” he whimpered.
Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.
Use whimper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whimper means A low intermittent sob..
Common synonyms include mewl, wail, pule, whine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
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