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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To sniffle.
  2. v. To complain or whine tearfully.
  3. v. To run at the nose.
  4. n. The act of sniffling or sniveling.
  5. n. Nasal mucus.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Mucus running from the nose; snot.
  2. n. Figuratively, in contempt, weak, forced, or pretended weeping; hypocritical expressions of sorrow or repentance, especially in a nasal tone; hypocrisy; cant.
  3. To run at the nose.
  4. To draw up the mucus audibly through the nose; snuff.
  5. To cry, weep, or fret, as children, with snuffing or sniveling.
  6. Figuratively, to utter hypocritical expressions of contrition or regret, especially with a nasal tone; affect a tearful or repentant state.
  7. To suffer to be covered, as the nose or face, with snivel or nasal mucus.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle.
  2. v. To whine or complain, whilst crying.
  3. n. the act of snivelling
  4. n. nasal mucus; snot

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
  2. v. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
  3. n. Mucus from the nose; snot.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. talk in a tearful manner
  2. n. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
  3. v. snuff up mucus through the nose
  4. v. cry or whine with snuffling
  5. n. whining in a tearful manner

Etymologies

  1. Middle English snivelen, from Old English *snyflan. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. snot
  1. sniffle
  1. complain

hypernyms (18)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. mouth
  2. verbalise
  3. speak
  1. verbalize
  2. utter
  3. talk
  1. external respiration
  2. ventilation
  3. respiration
  1. breathing
  2. breathe in
  3. inhale
  1. inspire
  2. weep
  3. cry
  1. weeping
  2. crying
  3. tears

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. sneevle
  1. snevell
  1. niffle
  1. snift
  1. snool
  1. snot
  1. snotter
  1. snivel

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  • ragner There are so many words for crying. In Danish we have 'flaebe', used condescendingly about someone who unjustly tries to attract sympathy. I thought 'snivel' had that specific meaning, but it seems not so. What is your impression? Aug 2, 2009

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