Adjective: whiney
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | whinier |
| Superlative | whiniest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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I was deemed, "too whiney and crybabylike" so everyone wanted peace and quiet. [2016 January 16, Too Ton, CivFanatics:]
Adjectives inflected like whiney
snipey,
scaley,
smiley,
slicey,
slimey,
slatey,
shitey,
blowsey,
plaguey,
breezey,
schemey,
smudgey,
smidgey,
douchey,
greasey,
cabbagey,
chocolatey,
cliquey,
squiggley,
dog-whistley, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English whine
3. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
4. Proto-Germanic *-gaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *-g
6. Old English -iġ
7. Middle English -y
8. English -y
9. English whiney
10. From whine + -y.