- 1[intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) whine that… to complain in an annoying, crying voice Stop whining! “I want to go home,” whined Toby. Thesauruscomplain
- protest
- object
- grumble
- whine
- complain to say that you are annoyed, unhappy, or not satisfied about someone or something:I'm going to complain to the manager about this.
- protest to say or do something to show that you disagree with or disapprove of something, especially publicly; to give something as a reason for protesting:Students took to the streets to protest (against) the decision.
- object to say that you disagree with or disapprove of something; to give something as a reason for objecting:Unless you object, we'll postpone the meeting till next week. He objected to being treated like a child.
- grumble (somewhat informal, disapproving) to complain about someone or something in a bad-tempered way:They kept grumbling about the cold.
- whine (somewhat informal, disapproving) to complain in an annoying, crying voice:Stop whining! What is he whining about now? Whine is often used to talk about the way that young children complain.
- to complain/protest/grumble/whine about something
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/whine to somebody
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/whine that…
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- 2[intransitive] to make a long, high, unpleasant sound because you are in pain or unhappy The dog whined and scratched at the door.
- 3[intransitive] (of a machine) to make a long, high, unpleasant sound
whine
verbNAmE//waɪn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they whine he / she / it whines
past simple whined
-ing form whining
NAmE//ˈwaɪni//
adjective a whiny voice/tone a whiny kid/bratSee whine in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: whine