Whine (Noun)
Meaning
A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The customer's whine about the delayed flight was beginning to get on the flight attendant's nerves.
- Her constant whine about being tired was really starting to get old.
- The politician's opponents easily dismissed his whine about unfair media coverage.
- After a few glasses of wine, the man's whine about his ex-wife became a familiar refrain.
- The child's whine about not wanting to go to bed grew louder and more insistent.