snivel

(snĭv'əl)
intr.v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els.

1. To sniffle.
2. To complain or whine tearfully.
3. To run at the nose.

n.

1. The act of sniffling or sniveling.
2. Nasal mucus.

[Middle English snivelen, from Old English *snyflan.]

sniveler sniv'el·er n.

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The verb has inflected forms snivelled, snivelling in British English, and in American English usually sniveled, sniveling.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - være snottet, snøfte, småtude, flæbe, klynke
n. - snot, flæben, flæberi, tuderi

Nederlands (Dutch)
snotteren

Français (French)
v. intr. - pleurnicher
n. - pleurnicheries

Deutsch (German)
v. - weinen, hochziehen
n. - Rotz, Weinen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μυξοκλαίω, κλαψουρίζω, ρουφώ διαρκώς τη μύτη μου, παραπονούμαι κλαψιάρικα
n. - τρέξιμο της μύτης, ψευτοκλάματα

Italiano (Italian)
moccicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - choramingar, fungar
n. - lamúria (f), choradeira (f), ranho (m)

Русский (Russian)
распускать нюни, шмыгать носом, всхлипывать, причитать, лицемерно выражать сочувствие, сопли, хныканье, причитания, лицемерное сочувствие

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - moquear, lloriquear
n. - moco, moquita, acción de sorberse la moquita, gimoteo, pucheros

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gnälla, lipa, snyfta, jämra sig, snörvla, snora
n. - gnäll, lip, jämmer, snor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流鼻涕, 哭泣, 假哭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 流鼻涕, 哭泣
n. - 流鼻涕, 假哭, 哭泣

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 코를 홀짝이다, 슬픈 체하다, 우는 시늉을 내다
n. - 콧물 , 흐느껴 울기, 거짓 울음

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鼻をすする, 鼻水をたらす, めそめそ泣く, 泣き言を言う, 洟をすする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتباكى, يسيل أنفه, يشرق ألمخاط بصوت (الاسم) مص, زكام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮בכה, התלונן, רגן, זב מאפו‬
n. - ‮ליחת-אף נוזלת, דיבור צבוע, התחסדות‬

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