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Snivel

noun
1.
Whining in a tearful manner.  Synonym: sniveling.
2.
The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested).  Synonyms: sniffle, snuffle.
verb
(past & past part. sniveled or snivelled; pres. part. sniveling or snivelling)
1.
Talk in a tearful manner.  Synonym: whine.
2.
Snuff up mucus through the nose.  Synonym: snuffle.
3.
Cry or whine with snuffling.  Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snuffle.



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"Snivel" Quotes from Famous Books



... satirist; "you are willing to assist me in everything, except the only circumstances in which assistance is required—God b'w'ye—If you see Ben Bullock, tell him I wish he would not dedicate any more of his works to me.—D—n the fellow, he has changed his note, and begins to snivel.—For my part, I stick to my former maxim, defy all the world, and will die hard, even if death should be preceded ...
— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett

... Associated Words: nasal, rhinal, rhinology, rhinoplasty, coryza, aquiline, simous, retrousse, pug, snuff, snuffle, vomer, nostril, nasalize, nasalization, nasiform, polypus, vibrissa, grogblossom, rosedrop, snivel, rhinitis, rhinolith, septum. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... a comrade, sir. He's a good chap, and fought as well as the best of them. But it makes me feel ready to snivel, sir, about old Mother Clean-shirts. Why, it will about break her heart. Why, she was here a couple of hours ago to bring me that drinking-water, and looked as chirpy as ever.—Poor old girl!" continued Peter, as Archie told him what had ...
— Trapped by Malays - A Tale of Bayonet and Kris • George Manville Fenn

... to life, of the hills, and plains, and trees, this warmth in the air—does not affect the passengers. Who in the devil will nowadays snivel about Spring and myths? All sentiment died in Russia; everything, at least, looks dead,—but the co-operative Societies: they plan a large business, meaning "trusts" when they advertise ...
— Rescuing the Czar - Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated • James P. Smythe

... a sound, a strange sound, something between a schoolboy snivel and a sob, and looking up, to his amazement saw a bright tear rolling down his visitor's wrinkled cheek, and his one eye, seeming to lie out farther on his face then ...
— The Brother Clerks - A Tale of New-Orleans • Xariffa


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