yammered

verbwhine

Synonyms for yammered

verb whine

Antonyms for yammered

Word Origin & History

late 15c., "to lament," probably from Middle Dutch jammeren and cognate Middle English yeoumeren, "to mourn, complain," from Old English geomrian "to lament," from geomor "sorrowful," probably of imitative origin. Meaning "to make loud, annoying noise" is attested from 1510s. Related: Yammered; yammering.

Example Sentences for yammered

"I wouldn't want any of that stuff inside of me," he yammered.

The girn, my informant said, was never out its face, and it yammered on night and day.

He ripped past their strengthless clutching fingers and yammered on the trail of the Martian.

The dreary weather held, there was rain and snow, gales like famished banshees pounded and yammered at the hotel windows.

Their guns hammered and yammered out their song, and Dave could clearly see their tracers zinging down into the German plane.

She caught her breath, but did not flinch as the tumbling waters seethed and yammered around her.

They yammered at the boats which came to their relief, with noises like those of scared beasts.