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sniveling

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sniv·el  (snvl)
intr.v. sniv·eled or sniv·elled, sniv·el·ing or sniv·el·ling, sniv·els
1. To sniffle.
2. To complain or whine tearfully.
3. To run at the nose.
n.
1. The act of sniffling or sniveling.
2. Nasal mucus.

[Middle English snivelen, from Old English *snyflan.]

snivel·er n.
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Noun1.sniveling - whining in a tearful manner
crying, tears, weeping - the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"


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Because my innocent pure girl here at my side wouldn't marry that rich, insolent, ignorant coward, Brace Dunlap, who's been sniveling here over a brother he never cared a brass farthing for--"[I see Tom give a jump and look glad THIS time, to a dead certainty]"-- and in that moment I've told you about, I forgot my God and remembered only my heart's bitterness, God forgive me, and I struck to kill.
I do hate to see a tall, stout fellow so sniveling like a girl of fourteen over a dead tomtit.
"Now then, enough of that sniveling," cried Monsieur de Marquet; "and, in your interest, tell us what you were doing under the windows of the pavilion at the time your mistress was being attacked; for you were close to the pavilion when Daddy Jacques met you.
 
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