whimper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
Types & categories
- complaint hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cry weakly or softly
she wailed with pain
Types & categories
- weep hypernym
Related & opposite
- whimper derivation
- lamentation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whimper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grizzle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snivel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | querulous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | complaint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whimper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lamentation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weep |