Meaning & use
Sniveled
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Cried or complained in a weak, tearful, whining manner.
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The boy sniveled after losing the game, refusing to be consoled.
She sniveled through her apology, clearly more upset about being caught than sorry.
A note on using this word
"Snivel" originally meant to run at the nose, related to Old English snofl ("mucus"), before it came to describe tearful whining generally.
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