Whimpery vs Whimper - What's the difference?
whimpery | whimper |
Resembling a whimper.
Making a whimpering sound.
To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.
* Latimer
To say something in a whimpering manner.
As an adjective whimpery
is resembling a whimper.As a noun whimper is
a low intermittent sob.As a verb whimper is
to cry or sob softly and intermittently.whimpery
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a whimpery noise
- a whimpery child
whimper
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Verb
(en verb)- The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.
- At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering ; and the cook, crying out "Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson," ran forward as if to take him in her arms.
- Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?
- "Master, please don't punish me!" he whimpered .