whinge

(hwĭnj, wĭnj)
intr.v. Chiefly British, whinged, whing·ing, whing·es.
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]

whinger whing'er n.
whingingly whing'ing·ly adv.

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meaning 'to grumble peevishly', is British English. Its -ing form is whingeing, with an e to preserve the soft sound of the g.

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Brit.  to complain fretfully: whine; hence whinging

verb intr.
verb intr.

1: To complain peevishly. (1946 —) .
Sunday Times 'What sort of people do Australians hate most?' 'The whingeing Pom...Poms that come over and do nothing but whinge' (1983). noun

2: A peevish complaint. (1947 —) .
Times In my one-but-last whinge I was going on about the burdensome duties of The Talk (1985). Hence whinger, noun. (1934 —) .

[From Irish, Scottish, and northern dialect, from earlier sense 'whine'; ultimately from a northern form of Old English hwinsian whine.]

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See words rhyming with "whinge."

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - beklage sig, brokke sig
n. - beklagelse, brokkehovede, klagesang

Français (French)
v. intr. - râler (fam)
n. - plainte

Deutsch (German)
v. - jammern
n. - Gejammer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φωνάζω, γκρινιάζω εκνευρισμένα
n. - γκρίνια

Italiano (Italian)
lamentarsi, brontolare, lamento

Português (Portuguese)
v. - se lamentar
n. - lamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
скулить, хныкать, жалобный вой, хныканье

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - quejarse, gimotear
n. - gimoteo, quejidos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klaga (sl.)
n. - klagan (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嘀咕, 抱怨不止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 嘀咕, 抱怨不止
n. - 嘀咕, 抱怨不止

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 우는 소리를 하다, 호소하듯 울다, 투덜거리다
n. - 우는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 不平を言う

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התלונן, רטן ברוגז‬
n. - ‮תלונה מיבבת, רטינה מרוגזת‬

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