sniveling

sniveling
Synonyms and related words:
Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, affected, backscratching, bawling, beggarly, blubbering, bootlicking, canting, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, FALSE, fawning, fit of crying, flattering, flood of tears, footlicking, good cry, goody, goody-goody, greet, groveling, hangdog, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, in tears, ingratiating, insincere, lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, mealymouthed, melting mood, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, overflowing eyes, parasitic, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, prostrate, ready to cry, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, sobbing, sponging, sycophantic, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, weepiness, weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused

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  • Sniveling — Snivel Sniv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sniveling — sniv·el·ing || snɪvlɪŋ adj. whining, whimpering, complaining; sniffling, snuffling sniv·el || snɪvl n. runny nose; sniffle; whine, whimper, tearful complaining v. sniffle; run at the nose; whine, whimper, complain tearfully …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sniveling — noun whining in a tearful manner (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑snivel • Derivationally related forms: ↑snivel, ↑snivel (for: ↑snivel) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • snivel — sniveler; esp. Brit., sniveller, n. /sniv euhl/, v., sniveled, sniveling or (esp. Brit.) snivelled, snivelling, n. v.i. 1. to weep or cry with sniffling. 2. to affect a tearful state; whine. 3. to run at the nose; have a runny nose: She sniveled… …   Universalium

  • snivel — [sniv′əl] vi. sniveled or snivelled, sniveling or snivelling [ME snivelen < OE * snyflan < base seen in snofl, mucus, prob. ult. < IE base * sneu , to flow] 1. to have mucus running from the nose 2. to sniff repeatedly, as from a head… …   English World dictionary

  • Snivel — Sniv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sniveled — Snivel Sniv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snivelled — Snivel Sniv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snivelling — Snivel Sniv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Angels with Dirty Faces — Infobox Film name = Angels with Dirty Faces caption = Angels with Dirty Faces theatrical poster director = Michael Curtiz producer = Samuel Bischoff writer = Rowland Brown John Wexley Warren Duff Ben Hecht (uncredited) Charles MacArthur… …   Wikipedia

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