whimper

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
whimper
    n 1: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn:
         {whimper}, {whine}]
    v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: {wail},
         {whimper}, {mewl}, {pule}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whimper \Whim"per\, v. t.
   To utter in alow, whining tone.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whimper \Whim"per\, n.
   A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive
   of complaint or grief.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whimper \Whim"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whimpered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Whimpering}.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.]
   To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to
   complain; as, a child whimpers.
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         Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers
         that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
                                                  --Latimer.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "whimper":
      bawl, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, cry,
      dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drop a tear, greet, groan,
      howl, jeremiad, keen, lament, moan, murmur, mutter, outcry, plaint,
      planctus, pule, scream, shed tears, snivel, sob, tirade, ululation,
      wail, wail of woe, weep, whine, yammer, yawp, yowl
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