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Definition of whinge in English: whingeverbwhingeing, whinging, whinged, whinges wɪn(d)ʒ(h)wɪndʒ [no object]British informal Complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way. 老抱怨，不断发牢骚 stop whingeing and get on with it! 别发牢骚了，继续做事吧！ Example sentencesExamples - They are not whingeing and moaning like that member, who wants to make a political point.
- It's time some people stopped whingeing about this and that and got on with it.
- At some point you have to stop whingeing and do something.
- Ok, time to stop whingeing, moaning and complaining about my life, cause its not that bad.
- Its members are really whingeing and whining on a clause that gives one law for all.
- The vintners should stop whingeing and think about the non-smokers, who will now feel much happier about frequenting bars.
- Contrary to the impression given, behind the scenes it was not just non-Test team players who got bored and whinged endlessly, but virtually all the players.
- Summer is the time for whingeing, so at the start of a new year let's change the tone and really give NASA something to probe!
- Of course, when that happens, we see the members opposite whingeing and moaning, as they are now.
- You've covered rugby I have been involved in for a long time. I've always had to compete for my position, but I've never been sour or whinged about it.
- Someone was whingeing over at Tom Watson's site because I had described David Mellor as a ‘fat slug’.
- The idea that most stars are unhappy is not my experience, although it doesn't stop them from whingeing when they don't have it all their own way!
- In truth, I think I was set to do a good grumpy and moanful act, complaining and whingeing about the invasion.
- He asked why students were moaning and whingeing about the loans, and said they should just forget about them.
- When he went on to suggest there was a lot that was objectionable happening off the ball it only served to heighten a suspicion that he had been whingeing.
- The sensible left should stop whingeing about that and admit that Brown did us all an enormous favour when he came up with the Treasury's five economic tests.
- I also realised that by the end of the meal I had stopped whingeing about the lack of meat.
- It sounds like too much bitching, moaning, whingeing and whining.
- You have the power and you are not going to have it forever and stop crying and whingeing about other things.
- It's like a 65-year-old man still whingeing about how his mother treated him when he was a baby.
Synonyms complain, grouse, grouch, grumble, whine, moan, carp, mutter, murmur, whisper informal gripe, bellyache, bitch, beef Northern English informal mither
nounPlural whinges wɪn(d)ʒ(h)wɪndʒ British informal An act of complaining persistently and peevishly. 抱怨，发牢骚 she let off steam by having a good whinge Example sentencesExamples - Haven't had a whinge on this subject for ages, so, here we go.
- Too many times have I succumbed to their whinges about the Queen's speech, the poor quality of the Christmas films this year, and how they just can't handle the hangovers like they used to.
- As best I can deduce from reading Paul's repetitive whinges, his main gripe seems to be the adverse impact of labour market practices like casualisation, downsizing and outsourcing on GenXers like himself.
- Despite predictable whinges from Spain's intellectual elite, he supported Aznar's crackdown on ETA terrorists and their political allies.
- Don't people realise that the reason our leaders are our leaders is that they are very clever, very capable, very important men, not to be bothered by phatic whinges from those in foreign lands?
- They met the usual barrage of whinges on the doorsteps, but O'Leary observes that the ‘constant complaint’ of every previous election had disappeared.
- The list of female whinges is long, but amongst the most strident are: too much work, too little sex, too much pressure to look good and, inevitably, not enough help from our partners.
- I can't help having a whinge about the referee though.
- And if you think this is just a personal whinge, you may be correct.
- I really was just having a whinge, nothing more.
- Usually I like to have a good whinge about something.
- Revenue from supporters is proportionately far less important than it was even 10 years ago, so the Premiership clubs care a little less about your petty gripes and whinges.
- Usually these are whinges about the availability of tea cakes, arrangements for visits by constituents or something similar.
- This play is a whinge about whingers; a melodrama without drama.
- Along the same tack, have taken a straw poll in our street, in return my neighbours had a whinge at me about the level of non resident illegal parking.
- There will be all the normal whinges and possibly a few boardroom rogues, but Scotland ought to be cautiously optimistic about the new year.
- Can't for the life of me conjure up a complaint or a whinge, nothing to rant about.
- Basically, it is the old whinge, whine, grizzle, and groan.
- Make anyone who whinges pay a fine, and send the money to someone in a detention centre who's homeless and separated from their family.
- I have just two whinges, one of which is fixable, one not.
Synonyms complaint, grouse, moan, grouch, grumble, whine, carp, mutter, murmur, whisper informal gripe, bellyache, bitch, beef Northern English informal mither
Derivativesadverbˈwɪn(d)ʒɪŋliˈwɪndʒɪŋli British informal Lacking dynamics or control, he manages a tune - but he manages it weedily, whingeingly and, sadly, completely indistinguishably from the hordes of similar dewy, forlornsome boys wandering our wastelands. Example sentencesExamples - They, whingeingly pointing out that he is at heart a country boy, who desires nothing more than to be relieved of his military duties and return to his farm to look after his cattle.
- Morris is whingeingly self-justifying and at odds with himself.
noun ˈwɪn(d)ʒəˈ(h)wɪndʒər British informal If the moaners and whingers want their eyes opened they should visit Pontefract General Infirmery. Example sentencesExamples - I am sick of all the whingers writing in and complaining about having to pay a few pounds to park (mainly out-of-town theatre goers who are not even council tax payers).
- Fred said: ‘This is typical of the Worsley whingers who complain about everything.’
- Let all keep it up and hope that the carpers and whingers will see the light and come on board.
- More evidence that our business leaders are simply whingers and moaners: New Zealand has maintained its third place ranking in the annual Economic Freedom of the World report.
adjectivewhingier, whingiest British informal That if she's whingy and clingy, then I'm whingy and clingy. Example sentencesExamples - In general, he's happy enough in himself - a bit whingy but otherwise playing happily, stopping for a hacking cough every now and then.
- And it's full of all those sheitgeist phrases like compassion inflation, and it doubtless drones on and on in quite a whingy way about victim culture, and how terribly unfair it is.
- I hate this weak whingy little piece of useless nothing I'm turning into.
OriginLate Old English hwinsian, of Germanic origin; related to German winseln; compare with whine. Rhymesbinge, cringe, fringe, hinge, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge Definition of whinge in US English: whingeverb(h)wɪndʒ(h)winj [no object]British informal Complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way. 老抱怨，不断发牢骚 stop whingeing and get on with it! 别发牢骚了，继续做事吧！ Example sentencesExamples - It's time some people stopped whingeing about this and that and got on with it.
- Summer is the time for whingeing, so at the start of a new year let's change the tone and really give NASA something to probe!
- It sounds like too much bitching, moaning, whingeing and whining.
- When he went on to suggest there was a lot that was objectionable happening off the ball it only served to heighten a suspicion that he had been whingeing.
- He asked why students were moaning and whingeing about the loans, and said they should just forget about them.
- The sensible left should stop whingeing about that and admit that Brown did us all an enormous favour when he came up with the Treasury's five economic tests.
- The idea that most stars are unhappy is not my experience, although it doesn't stop them from whingeing when they don't have it all their own way!
- I also realised that by the end of the meal I had stopped whingeing about the lack of meat.
- Contrary to the impression given, behind the scenes it was not just non-Test team players who got bored and whinged endlessly, but virtually all the players.
- They are not whingeing and moaning like that member, who wants to make a political point.
- Ok, time to stop whingeing, moaning and complaining about my life, cause its not that bad.
- The vintners should stop whingeing and think about the non-smokers, who will now feel much happier about frequenting bars.
- You've covered rugby I have been involved in for a long time. I've always had to compete for my position, but I've never been sour or whinged about it.
- You have the power and you are not going to have it forever and stop crying and whingeing about other things.
- It's like a 65-year-old man still whingeing about how his mother treated him when he was a baby.
- Its members are really whingeing and whining on a clause that gives one law for all.
- In truth, I think I was set to do a good grumpy and moanful act, complaining and whingeing about the invasion.
- Someone was whingeing over at Tom Watson's site because I had described David Mellor as a ‘fat slug’.
- At some point you have to stop whingeing and do something.
- Of course, when that happens, we see the members opposite whingeing and moaning, as they are now.
Synonyms complain, grouse, grouch, grumble, whine, moan, carp, mutter, murmur, whisper
noun(h)wɪndʒ(h)winj British informal An act of complaining. 抱怨，发牢骚 Example sentencesExamples - Basically, it is the old whinge, whine, grizzle, and groan.
- Make anyone who whinges pay a fine, and send the money to someone in a detention centre who's homeless and separated from their family.
- Revenue from supporters is proportionately far less important than it was even 10 years ago, so the Premiership clubs care a little less about your petty gripes and whinges.
- Too many times have I succumbed to their whinges about the Queen's speech, the poor quality of the Christmas films this year, and how they just can't handle the hangovers like they used to.
- Can't for the life of me conjure up a complaint or a whinge, nothing to rant about.
- Along the same tack, have taken a straw poll in our street, in return my neighbours had a whinge at me about the level of non resident illegal parking.
- And if you think this is just a personal whinge, you may be correct.
- Usually I like to have a good whinge about something.
- I have just two whinges, one of which is fixable, one not.
- Usually these are whinges about the availability of tea cakes, arrangements for visits by constituents or something similar.
- They met the usual barrage of whinges on the doorsteps, but O'Leary observes that the ‘constant complaint’ of every previous election had disappeared.
- Despite predictable whinges from Spain's intellectual elite, he supported Aznar's crackdown on ETA terrorists and their political allies.
- I really was just having a whinge, nothing more.
- As best I can deduce from reading Paul's repetitive whinges, his main gripe seems to be the adverse impact of labour market practices like casualisation, downsizing and outsourcing on GenXers like himself.
- The list of female whinges is long, but amongst the most strident are: too much work, too little sex, too much pressure to look good and, inevitably, not enough help from our partners.
- There will be all the normal whinges and possibly a few boardroom rogues, but Scotland ought to be cautiously optimistic about the new year.
- Don't people realise that the reason our leaders are our leaders is that they are very clever, very capable, very important men, not to be bothered by phatic whinges from those in foreign lands?
- I can't help having a whinge about the referee though.
- Haven't had a whinge on this subject for ages, so, here we go.
- This play is a whinge about whingers; a melodrama without drama.
Synonyms complaint, grouse, moan, grouch, grumble, whine, carp, mutter, murmur, whisper
OriginLate Old English hwinsian, of Germanic origin; related to German winseln; compare with whine. |