whinge
to complain
STATISTICS
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Kill or cure. Internet users WHINGE about passwords but are none too keen on the alternatives. Good news for crooks.
The Economist
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Toddlers scream, children WHINGE, and teenagers complain.
Emma Baty, Redbook
The Economist
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Toddlers scream, children WHINGE, and teenagers complain.
Emma Baty, Redbook
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whinge (British informal)
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- to complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.
Oxford English Dictionaries
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ORIGIN
Whinge isn't just a spelling variant of "whine." "Whinge" and "whine" are actually entirely different words with separate histories.
"Whine" traces to an Old English verb, "hwinan," which means "to make a humming or whirring sound." When "hwinan" became "whinen" in Middle English, it meant "to wail distressfully"; "whine" didn't acquire its "complain" sense until the 16th century.
"Whinge," on the other hand, comes from a different Old English verb, "hwinsian," which means "to wail or moan discontentedly."
"Whinge" retains that original sense today, though nowadays it puts less emphasis on the sound of the complaining and more on the discontentment behind the complaint.
Merriam-Webster
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SYNONYMS
beef, complain, bellyache, bitch, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, murmur, mutter, nag, whinge, yammer
Noises of discontent:
holler, moan, bleat, carp, croak, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, yowl
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"People should stop whingeing about the weather and be happy they're living in Europe."
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Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
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ungewiss, unsicher, sehr riskant = ?
"It was T _ _ _ _ AND _ _ as to whether we'd get to the airport in time to catch the flight."
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verb
- to complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.
Oxford English Dictionaries
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ORIGIN
Whinge isn't just a spelling variant of "whine." "Whinge" and "whine" are actually entirely different words with separate histories.
"Whine" traces to an Old English verb, "hwinan," which means "to make a humming or whirring sound." When "hwinan" became "whinen" in Middle English, it meant "to wail distressfully"; "whine" didn't acquire its "complain" sense until the 16th century.
"Whinge," on the other hand, comes from a different Old English verb, "hwinsian," which means "to wail or moan discontentedly."
"Whinge" retains that original sense today, though nowadays it puts less emphasis on the sound of the complaining and more on the discontentment behind the complaint.
Merriam-Webster
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SYNONYMS
beef, complain, bellyache, bitch, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, murmur, mutter, nag, whinge, yammer
Noises of discontent:
holler, moan, bleat, carp, croak, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, yowl
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
"People should stop whingeing about the weather and be happy they're living in Europe."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
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ungewiss, unsicher, sehr riskant = ?
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