Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of mewl.
  • noun A sound that mewls.

Etymologies

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mewl +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • The best part of Benedict’s pathetic mewling is his claim that it was his bold artistic insight — which he had to fight those Hollywood suits to keep intact! — to make Starbuck a womanizing rogue (but not really that much of one, as I remember it).

    Matthew Yglesias » Great Moments in Wingnuttery 2009

  • Then a row of about twenty-five as hangdog-looking Bedouins as were ever strung up in the Valley of Jehoshaphat began a kind of mewling cry, such as a rat would make in a trap.

    A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

  • It is snapping and whirring, emitting a high-pitched tome like the mewling of a cat.

    Death's Noisy Herald gerard varni 2011

  • It wasn't the shade of a hero from Ireland's long history of failed rebellions, or the mewling of a banker looking for another handout.

    Ireland Needs Merkel to Get Its Message Paul Hannon 2011

  • But the Federal Communications Commission's modest attempts to hold broadcasters to their end of the bargain are being met by a teeth-gnashing, fire-breathing rhetoric... and pitiful mewling about how hard it is to use a computer.

    Craig Aaron: When Whinosaurs Attack! Craig Aaron 2012

  • A mewling noise escapes her as, blinking and sniffling, she bites down on her lip.

    New Doctor/Rose Ficlet: STRAWBERRIES rabid1st 2009

  • I thought not, you're just another mewling whinger.

    From porn to Portillo | Mark Lawson 2011

  • Meanwhile, we just ended a hurricane season with zero hurricanes and only maybe a few mewling tropical storms.

    October 24th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • Maybe Petey when I found him all hurt and mewling, before I turned him.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Its only when the banks have to honor the out clause in their contract that we now hear the mewling.

    Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

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