Whine

Noun

 * 1) a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
 * 2) a complaint or criticism

Verb

 * 1) to utter a whine
 * The jet engines whined at take off.
 * 1) to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things
 * Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:complain

Adjectives for Whine
shrill; pusillanimous; friendly; cracked; peculiar; hungry; begging.

Verbs for Whine
choke back—; discern—; elicit—; emit—; provoke—; restrain—; smother—; stifle—; subdue—; —distresses; —expresses; —irks; —irritates; —laments; —moves; —riles (colloq.); —s subside; —touches.

Adverbs for Whine
piteously; wretchedly; churlishly; shrilly; pusillanimously; beggingly; mournfully; intolerably; hungrily.

Thesaurus
bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, chirp, coo, creak, crow, cry, dolorous tirade, drawl, exclaim, flute, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice, groan, growl, grunt, hiss, howl, jeremiad, keen, kick, lament, lilt, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, repine, roar, rumble, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sough, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, thunder, tirade, troat, trumpet, twang, ululate, ululation, wail, wail of woe, warble, whicker, whimper, whinny, whisper, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl

Etymology
hwinan.

Pronunciation

 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

 * Danish: hvin
 * Finnish: ulvonta
 * French: pleurnicherie
 * German: Jaulen, Heulen, Jammern


 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: inilti, inleyiş,  inleme,  sızlanma

Verb

 * Czech: kňourat
 * Danish: hvine
 * Finnish: ulvoa
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:


 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: inlemek


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kitistä, vinkua
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,


 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,