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- noun The state or condition of being
whiny .
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Examples
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Is it that evil characters are so unreal to us, whereas whininess is something that we encounter everyday so we have a far more visceral reaction to it?
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com 2009
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Could it be because whininess is not inherently exciting?
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com 2009
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John’s too whiny and doesn’t seem to accept that there’s crazy future robots trying to get him – to me his whininess is in stark contrast with Buffy’s issues which stemmed from people who don’t accept her because they don’t understand who she is.
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But in regards to poor Anakin (played moodily by Hayden Christensen), McGruder admits that the guy’s thin-skinned whininess is not really inconsistent with the whole Star Wars story.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2002
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I don't know what's going to happen to Tara, either, but I hope she doesn't backslide into the spineless whininess of seasons 2 and 3.
Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 4, Ep. 6 Mark Blankenship 2011
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I don't know what's going to happen to Tara, either, but I hope she doesn't backslide into the spineless whininess of seasons 2 and 3.
Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 4, Ep. 6 Mark Blankenship 2011
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Not doom-rock: they're not quite dark enough to be goth, and they lack the needling whininess to be emo.
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The whininess, carping, and bitching to the “Refs” (The media) has blown up in his face — in spite of their willingness to follow him home and nibble at the meaty wiener he serves up from time to time.
Top Dog / Underdog 2008
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The whininess, carping, and bitching to the “Refs” (The media) has blown up in his face — in spite of their willingness to follow him home and nibble at the meaty wiener he serves up from time to time.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Andrew Wheeler weighs in (with some eye-opening and much-needed common sense) on the recent stream of sf bloggers looking to be paid for reviewing books: Sitting around complaining about how hard it is that people send you books for free and there are too many of them to read and life is just too much for you is just pure whininess.
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