to whinge
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8.1
- verb
- /wɪndʒ/
- UK
:
quejarse
- She tends to whinge whenever things don't go her way.
And then they whinge and whine when a Bo gets turned over.
- And then they whinge and whine when a Bo gets turned over.
Examples
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Norman, don't whinge.
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Don't go whingeing to your mother.
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Are you going to whinge about them in the future?
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You whinge better than you dance, anyway.
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I'm not gonna sit here and whinge, everyone knows about Twitter and the internet and stuff like that.
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Third, going back over the thread, you're in no position to whinge about people not engaging with you.
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So before we whinge about the renewables capacity factor, perhaps we can spare a thought for poorer people.
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They're a fact of life up here and whingeing about 'em all day isn't gonna make 'em disappear.
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Stop whingeing, Mobes
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If you say I'm whingeing about something, I can tolerate it, but if you accuse me of whining, that's fighting words.
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Synonyms
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1.0
To say you are unhappy about something and want it changed
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8.1
To complain a lot in an annoying way
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5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
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6.6
To keep complaining about something in a way that annoys people
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6.7
Talk again and again about the same thing and annoy people
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9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
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7.4
To complain about small unimportant things
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4.1
To complain quietly about something you do not like
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9.9
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
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9.9
To complain often about small things
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7.7
To complain in a weak, whining voice
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6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain in a sad, self-pitying way about small problems
Act like a person who complains a lot to get sympathy
Antonyms
How Complaining
Surface Forms
Etymology
Whinge comes from the same idea as whine, the long unhappy sound people make when they complain. So, to whinge is to complain in an annoying, often repeated way.