Found 5 hits - Term: whimper, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whimper \whim"per\, v. t.
to utter in alow, whining tone.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whimper \whim"per\, n.
a low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive
of complaint or grief.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whimper \whim"per\, v. i. imp. p. p. whimpered; p. pr.
vb. n. whimpering. cf. scot. whimmer, g. wimmern.
to cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to
complain; as, a child whimpers.
1913 webster
was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers
that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
--latimer.
1913 webster
see also:
whimpered whimpering
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
whimper
n : a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way syn: whine
v : cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" syn: wail, mewl,
pule
see also:
whine wail mewl pule
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 moby thesaurus words for "whimper":
bawl, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, cry,
dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drop a tear, greet, groan,
howl, jeremiad, keen, lament, moan, murmur, mutter, outcry, plaint,
planctus, pule, scream, shed tears, snivel, sob, tirade, ululation,
wail, wail of woe, weep, whine, yammer, yawp, yowl
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