Snivel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To sniffle.
  • verb-intransitive. To complain or whine tearfully.
  • verb-intransitive. To run at the nose.
  • n. The act of sniffling or sniveling.
  • n. Nasal mucus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle.
  • v. To whine or complain, whilst crying.
  • n. the act of snivelling
  • n. nasal mucus; snot
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
  • verb-intransitive. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
  • n. Mucus from the nose; snot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Mucus running from the nose; snot.
  • n. Figuratively, in contempt, weak, forced, or pretended weeping; hypocritical expressions of sorrow or repentance, especially in a nasal tone; hypocrisy; cant.
  • To run at the nose.
  • To draw up the mucus audibly through the nose; snuff.
  • To cry, weep, or fret, as children, with snuffing or sniveling.
  • Figuratively, to utter hypocritical expressions of contrition or regret, especially with a nasal tone; affect a tearful or repentant state.
  • To suffer to be covered, as the nose or face, with snivel or nasal mucus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. talk in a tearful manner
  • n. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
  • v. snuff up mucus through the nose
  • v. cry or whine with snuffling
  • n. whining in a tearful manner
  • Verb Form
    snivelled    snivelling    snivels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mouth    verbalise    speak    verbalize    utter    talk    external respiration    ventilation    respiration    breathing   
    Cross Reference
    whine    cant   
    Variant
    snivelled    snivelling   
    Form
    sniveled    snivelled    sniveling    snivelling    sniveller   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    snot    sniffle    complain