Thesaurus / sniveling
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And that sniveling boy will give me no more of his infernal lip!
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
He is only a peasant's sniveling cub, a mountaineer's orphan brat!
THE WOLF CUBPATRICK CASEY
Thats a mans way to do things—not go sniveling round here in white flannels all summer, letting a girl hand it to me that way!
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
The boy was sniveling too, but I took notice it wasn't a scared snivel—it was a mad snivel, if you all know what I mean.
BACK HOMEIRVIN S. COBB
All, coughing and sniveling, dip their handkerchiefs into it and rub the moist rag over their hats and coats.
THE LIFE OF THE FLYJ. HENRI FABRE
Simon Gosler was left mumbling and sniveling and fingering his coat pocket, in which he kept his glass.
MR. WICKER'S WINDOWCARLEY DAWSON
I have just now dismissed the sniveling toad Dorcas, who was introduced to me for my pardon by the whining mother.
CLARISSA, VOLUME 5 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSON
The child's whole aspect and the sniveling sounds he made were so hatefully ugly.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALET
I don't want him to come back here in six months sniveling to be put in shape again.
TWELVE MENTHEODORE DREISER
You take my advice and cheer up instead of continually sniveling.
THE JOLLIEST SCHOOL OF ALLANGELA BRAZIL
WORDS RELATED TO SNIVELING
- annoyed
- begrudging
- bothered
- complaining
- crabby
- critical
- disaffected
- disappointed
- disgruntled
- displeased
- ennuied
- envious
- faultfinding
- fed-up
- fretful
- fretting
- frustrated
- griping
- grudging
- grumbling
- grumpy
- insatiable
- irked
- jaundiced
- jealous
- kvetching
- malcontent
- malcontented
- not satisfied
- offended
- picky
- plaintive
- put-out
- querulous
- sniveling
- sulky
- sullen
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- unfulfilled
- ungratified
- unsated
- unsatisfied
- vexed
- abject
- beggarly
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.