whimpering
present participle ofwhimper
whimper
verb[I]
uk/ˈwɪm.pər/us/ˈwɪm.pɚ/(especiallyof ananimal) to make aseriesofsmall,weaksoundsexpressingpainorunhappiness:
A half-starveddoglayin thecorner, whimperingpathetically.
I said she couldn't have anicecreamand shestartedto whimper.
Compare
wailverb
- The littledogwas whimpering andcryingbecause it was on aleash.
- Everytimethepuppywhimpers, theownerpicksit up.
- Theboyscreamedand whimpered inpain.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Expressing and showing feelings
Examplesofwhimpering
whimpering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The anxieties expressed about those proposals should not be dismissed as the unnecessarywhimperingof a few remaining wets.
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Certain doubts have been expressed about the desirability of the hard ecu, or indeed the wet andwhimperingecu that sits in its basket.
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The forlorn creature that shared the journey huddledwhimperingin the back, her useless lower jaw hanging limp.
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My father retired with pneumoconiosis, and the normal sound of his breathing is now sometimes like thewhimperingof a baby, it is so bad.
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Three days later, he returned and heard the dogwhimpering.
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But do not let them comewhimperinghere, if they are unwilling to take it over.
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It is no usewhimperingabout that.
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He did nothing about it, but some days later two men heard the dogwhimperingand, with the help of a policeman, got it out of the shaft.
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The dog is nowwhimperingbut it is still not addressing the concerns that have been occupying the national press and teachers for some six or seven months.
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Time and again, control over whole areas of our national life is abandoned with little more than ministerialwhimpering.
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It flies into a back room where the dog chases after it, and the dog is heardwhimpering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before one visit, he found the childwhimperingunder a sofa, full of despair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Everywhere people were crying andwhimperingbeside ruins.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He gets 10 years, a good deal, and he goeswhimperingand weeping to the judge looking for a break.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He goes to the address and hears a dogwhimperingpitifully and carries it to his car and drives it to a veterinary hospital.
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- i.e.
- i-e
- IEA
- IED
- IELTS
- if
- IFA
- if all else fails
- if-all-else-fails
- if and when
- if-and-when
- if anything
- if-anything
- if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
- if-at-first-you-don-t-succeed-try-try-again
- IFC
- I fear
- i-fear
- i-feel-etc-pain
- I feel you
- i-feel-you
- I feel your/his, etc. pain
- if ever there was one
- if-ever-there-was-one
- iffy