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sniveler

sniveler

9.3
A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose and sniffles
  • noun
  • /ˈsnɪvələr/
  • US
translation icon : llorón

Examples

  • Major Brownie points for the sniveler!

    Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)

  • The sniveler has sniveled his finest snivel!

    Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)

  • No time for whiny, pathetic snivelers in my agenda today.

    Blog text (24)

  • The child was a real sniveler after catching a cold, constantly sniffing and wiping his nose.

  • She couldn't concentrate during the meeting because of the sniveler who kept making loud sniffing sounds.

  • After he lost the game, he became a sniveler, loudly complaining and sniffling about his bad luck.

Synonyms

sniffer
vssniveler
5 8.0

A person who breathes in repeatedly through the nose, often from a cold or allergies

describes breathing caused by congestion, not general habitual inhaling
snuffler
vssniveler
1 8.7

A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose

highlights nasal breathing with short sharp inhalations
sniffler
vssniveler
7.3

A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose because of a cold or allergies

focuses on the breathing sounds rather than naming a likely cause

How Loud

wailer
1 7.9
bawler
8.6
sobber
8.4
blubberer
  • Informal
9.1
sniveler
  • US
9.3

Surface Forms

sniveler singular
snivelers plural

Morphology

sniveler = snivel (transparent) = snivel + er

Agentive '-er' is productively added to the verb 'snivel' to form 'one who snivels', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Sniveler comes from the simple verb snivel, a sound word that copies the quiet 'sniff' or soft cry you make when your nose is runny. So a sniveler is someone who makes those sniffing or 'sniffling' sounds with a blocked or runny nose.