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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sniveling
    n 1: whining in a tearful manner [syn: snivel, sniveling]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniveledor Snivelled;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Sniveling or Snivelling.] [OE. snivelen,
   snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See Sniff, and cf.
   Snuffle.]
   1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
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   2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly
      or whiningly.
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            Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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Thesaurus Results for Sniveling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, affected, backscratching, bawling, beggarly, blubbering, bootlicking, canting, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, false, fawning, fit of crying, flattering, flood of tears, footlicking, good cry, goody, goody-goody, greet, groveling, hangdog, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, in tears, ingratiating, insincere, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, mealymouthed, melting mood, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, overflowing eyes, parasitic, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, prostrate, ready to cry, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, sobbing, sponging, sycophantic, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, weepiness, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused

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