Used in a Sentence

whinging

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for whinging.

Editorial note

The words fit a 9-year old, but the whinging is pure helicopter mom.

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of whinging gathered in one view.

verb

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

noun

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A peevish complaint.

noun

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A cry.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for whinging.

verb

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

noun

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A peevish complaint.

noun

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A cry.

Example sentences

1

The words fit a 9-year old, but the whinging is pure helicopter mom.

2

Not sure if times have changed that much or class consciousness is just a perennial trope for whinging.

3

Sounds more like a court case with WB and not a blog post whinging about the terms.

4

Failing to do that isn't Google's fault, and whinging about Google's preference to feature apps that run on tablets is unhelpful.

5

As is this entire thread reads like a series of entitled children whinging that their mums told them not to be nasty at school.

6

Maybe next time I ought to catch up on NYT reading before responding to random entitled helicopter-parent whinging on HN?

7

I think I spend all damn day whinging (mostly in my head) about problems that nobody else will fix for me.

8

Here they come with their raw data that we asked for, and you reward them by whinging about their SSL cert.

9

No big deal, no internet post, no ego, no whinging.

10

It really puts the whinging about commies here in perspective.

11

I see the long winding whinging about how a white cis male is being persecuted and is trying to gain sympathy, or something.

12

But to the point, I don't see anyone advocating whinging or begging, that interpretation was tacked on by you and your alpha-beta nonsense.

Quote examples

1

Is there a larger red flag for the aggrieved tech male to wave these days than whinging about "ethics" in the media?

2

You'll see lots of whinging (mostly from Fortune, but also a few others) that this isn't a "real" surplus, but they're splitting hairs.

3

Any "feature" that encourages people to spend more energy thinking about the reasons for being down voted is just promoting whinging and self-absorbed discontent.

4

> But you should be exhorting folks to see the full picture The context is someone whinging about American "puritanical drive to overwork" and "moral decrepitude" potentially messing up European culture -- a dumb statement of the kind of fashionable anti-Americanism that's so unfortunately prevalent today.

Proper noun examples

1

Whinging about the nature of reality aint gonna change it.

2

Whinging about how terrible it is that we are even talking about this isn't it - that's just wrapping bias in silence.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use whinging in a sentence?

The words fit a 9-year old, but the whinging is pure helicopter mom.

What does whinging mean?

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

What part of speech is whinging?

whinging is commonly used as verb, noun.