whined
Made plaintive sounds
Whined is the past tense of whine—to complain in a high-pitched, irritating tone, or to make a similar sound.
Dogs whine when anxious or wanting attention.
Machinery whines when producing a sustained high noise: The engine whined as it climbed the hill.
Of people, it suggests petulant complaint: She whined about having to wait.
Voiced a grievance
- grumbledComplained in low tones
- moanedEmitted a low wail
- grousedExpressed petty complaints
- gripedExpressed petty complaints
carped · fretted · lamented · protested · objected · bemoaned · grouched · bellyached
Childishly bad-tempered
- peevishHabitually fretful
- querulousInclined to complain
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
pouty · sullen · cranky · grouchy · moody · irritable · discontented · crabby
High in frequency
reedy · piercing · grating · plaintive · droning · sing-song · wavering · tremulous
Uncontrolled display of frustration
- immatureNot fully developed
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
babyish · pout · sulk · needy · clingy · demanding · bratty · coddled
Continuing despite difficulty
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
constant · insistent · badgering · pestering · hounding · harping · droning · grating
complained
Voiced a grievance
griped · carped · fretted · lamented · protested · objected · bemoaned · grouched · bellyached · kvetched
petulant
Childishly bad-tempered
sulky · pouty · sullen · cranky · grouchy · moody · irritable · discontented · crabby · testy
high-pitched
High in frequency
thin · reedy · piercing · grating · plaintive · droning · sing-song · wavering · tremulous · mewling
tantrum
Uncontrolled display of frustration
spoiled · babyish · pout · sulk · needy · clingy · demanding · bratty · coddled · pampered
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- relentlessContinuing without pause
unrelenting · constant · insistent · badgering · pestering · hounding · harping · droning · grating · wearing
whinedpraised
Expressed approval of
complimented · celebrated · lauded · cheered · applauded
whinedaccepted
Formally agreed to
embraced · acquiesced · sucked it up · soldiered on · grinned and bore it