Whinge

/(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/ · verb

Meaning

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A cry.
3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A peevish complaint.

Example Sentences

Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.

I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.

"'D' ye hear what's come ower ye now,' continued the virago, 'ye whingeing Whig carles? D'ye hear wha's coming to cow yer cracks?"

You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.

Mostly, they were wingeing about the lousy cook and the same thing served too often

His wife will winge her bloody head off, but Nev will come good.

“I try to write something that is amusing,” says [Kate] Spicer. “So much of the stuff written about sex is just whingeing, the I'm-not-getting-enough-orgasms kind of thing. It makes women sound as though they can't have fun in bed.”

"I'm miserable," Sam proclaimed, plodding behind with his shoelace flapping. "Nobody ever gives me butter-pies when I need them." / "Shut up," said Jonathan. "Stop wingeing."

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Word Forms

• whinges
• whingeing
• whinging
• whinged
• winge
• quhynge

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