whine

/hwɑɪn/, /wɑɪn/ v [I]

Definition

› to make a high, complaining sound, or to complain continually: If you don’t stop whining, we won’t go at all! whine

/hwɑɪn/, /wɑɪn/ n [C usually sing] › fig. The whine of Tracey’s hair dryer wakes me every morning.

(Definition of whine v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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