whiner

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whiner has 1 sense

whiner(n = noun.person) bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker - a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining;

is a kind of disagreeable person, unpleasant person

has particulars: kvetch

Derived forms verb whine₄, verb whine₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

whiner, n.

One who, or that which, whines. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

whiner

bellyacher, complainant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, faultfinder, frondeur, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, kicker, kvetch, malcontent, murmurer, mutterer, querulous person, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, sorehead