sniveller

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Because only cowards and snivellers cry, and my Father is the bravest man in the world. — The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, E. (Edith) Nesbit
Then they collect round the pack in the corner and talk with Tom Moody of past sport, and the merits of Sniveller and Diamond, and of the state of the country and of the wretched breed of foxes. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
TOO MUCH LIBERTY IN PLACES AND NOT ENOUGH ELSEWHERE.--THOUGHTS ON THE LATE WAR--WHO IS THE BIGGER ASS, THE MAN WHO WILL NOT FORGIVE AND FORGET, OR THE MAWKISH AND MOIST-EYED SNIVELLER WHO WANTS TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME? — Comic History of the United States, Bill Nye

whiner, complainer, moaner, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker

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