Noun: sniveler sni-vu-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: sniveller)
Usage: US (elsewhere: sniveller)
- A person who breathes audibly through a congested nose
"The sniveler reached for another tissue to blow his nose";
- sniffler, sniveller [Brit, Cdn]
- A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
"The constant sniveler annoyed his coworkers with trivial grievances";
- whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller [Brit, Cdn], crybaby [informal], bellyacher [informal], grumbler, squawker, whinger [Brit, informal], griper
Derived forms: snivelers
Type of: actor, disagreeable person, doer, unpleasant person, worker