"whiny" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whine",
        "3": "-y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "whine + -y",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From whine + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whinier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whiniest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "whiny (comparative whinier, superlative whiniest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "whiny-ass titty baby"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Emily is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981 October 5, Haskel Frankel, “ROSALIND HARRIS IN 'FUNNY GIRL'”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 August 17, Caryn James, “Review/Film; An Adman, His Filofax And a Thief”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "But everyone else seems to have phoned in the film, including Mr. Grodin at his whiniest and Arthur Hiller, the veteran director of films as funny as The In-Laws and as unspeakable as Love Story.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 January 24, Stephen Holden, “MUSIC IN REVIEW: CABARET; Turning 1960's Innocence Into 90's Toughness”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "It takes nerve for a singer to dig out a whiny teenage lament from the early days of rock 'n' roll and transform it into a sexy, slow-burning torch song for adults.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Whining; tending to whine or complain."
      ],
      "id": "en-whiny-en-adj-JjSYaM4j",
      "links": [
        [
          "Whining",
          "whining"
        ],
        [
          "whine",
          "whine"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whiney"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mixiriqueiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "grinete"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "grinete"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "quejetas"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "gnällig"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "wīnʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaɪni/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiny.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪni"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "winy (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whiny"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "whiny-ass titty baby"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whine",
        "3": "-y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "whine + -y",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From whine + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "whinier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whiniest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "whiny (comparative whinier, superlative whiniest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪni",
        "Rhymes:English/aɪni/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Personality"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Emily is very whiny; she keeps complaining about trivial things.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981 October 5, Haskel Frankel, “ROSALIND HARRIS IN 'FUNNY GIRL'”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Mrs. Strakosh is played with a whinier accent than Mrs. Brice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 August 17, Caryn James, “Review/Film; An Adman, His Filofax And a Thief”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "But everyone else seems to have phoned in the film, including Mr. Grodin at his whiniest and Arthur Hiller, the veteran director of films as funny as The In-Laws and as unspeakable as Love Story.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 January 24, Stephen Holden, “MUSIC IN REVIEW: CABARET; Turning 1960's Innocence Into 90's Toughness”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "It takes nerve for a singer to dig out a whiny teenage lament from the early days of rock 'n' roll and transform it into a sexy, slow-burning torch song for adults.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Whining; tending to whine or complain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Whining",
          "whining"
        ],
        [
          "whine",
          "whine"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "wīnʹi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaɪni/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whiny.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whiny.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪni"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "winy (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whiney"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mixiriqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "grinete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "grinete"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "quejetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "gnällig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whiny"
}