Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who snivels, or who cries with sniveling.
- noun One who weeps; especially, one who manifests weakness by weeping.
- noun Figuratively, one who affects tearfulness or expressions of penitence, especially with a nasal tone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
snivels , a person whowhines andcomplains about small matters.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose
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Examples
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Exceptionally good as an outrageous sniveler, flirting as well as hitting the floor, and pounding her fists to make a point, she said, "He believed in my neurosis."
Regina Weinreich: Titillation and Tantrums: Shaw's Philanderer at the Pearl Theater Regina Weinreich 2012
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Exceptionally good as an outrageous sniveler, flirting as well as hitting the floor, and pounding her fists to make a point, she said, "He believed in my neurosis."
Regina Weinreich: Titillation and Tantrums: Shaw's Philanderer at the Pearl Theater Regina Weinreich 2012
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Cohn is, for Hemingway, merely a sniveler among tough guys.
The literary shlimil 2009
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Cohn is, for Hemingway, merely a sniveler among tough guys.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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A Trible rule is don't ever, ever talk about these kind of experiences after the fact or you may be a sniveler or even worse one who engages in recriminations.
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May 16th, 2006 at 12:40 am decked the punk-ass sniveler
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: The American Chickenhawk in its Native Habitat 2006
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Because the only thing there'd be to talk about is what an insecure little sniveler I am.
Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002
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Because the only thing there'd be to talk about is what an insecure little sniveler I am.
Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002
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Because the only thing there'd be to talk about is what an insecure little sniveler I am.
Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002
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It will help to mesh awarenesses with a human, Djana ¦ no terrified captive, no lickspittle turncoat, no sniveler about peace and brotherhood, no pseudomorph grown up among us apart from his own breed ¦ but one who has come to me freely, out of the depths of the commonalty that bred her, one who has known alike the glory and the tragedy of being human.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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