snivel

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Verb

snivel (third-person singular simple present snivels, present participle Commonwealth snivelling, US sniveling, simple past and past participle Commonwealth snivelled, US sniveled)

1. To breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle.
2. To whine or complain, whilst crying.

Synonyms

• sniffle
• See also Wikisaurus:complain

Translations

to breathe heavily through the nose; to sniffle

Finnish: tuhista (fi) Norwegian: snufse (no)

Russian: сопеть (ru) (sopét’)

to whine or complain, whilst crying

Finnish: nyyhkiä (fi) French: pleurnicher (fr), chialer colloquial (fr) Norwegian: klynke (no), bære seg (no), snufse (no), tute (no) Russian: (colloquially) ныть (ru) (nyt’), (colloquially) хныкать (ru) (xnýkat’)

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цмиздрити (sh) Roman: cmizdriti (sh) Spanish: lloriquear (es), gimotear (es)

Noun

snivel (plural snivels)

1. the act of snivelling
2. nasal mucus; snot

Derived terms

• sniveller
• snivelling

Translations

the act of snivelling

Finnish: tuhina (fi), nyyhke (fi), nyyhkytys (fi) Norwegian: klynk (no) n., snufs (no) n., grining (no) c., tuting (no) c.

Russian: хныканье (ru) (xnýkan’je) n.

nasal mucus; snot

Finnish: räkä (fi) French: rhinorrhée (fr) f.

Norwegian: snørr (no) f. or n. Russian: (formally) носовая слизь (ru) (nosovája sliz’) f., (colloquially) сопли (ru) (sópli) pl.

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German: schniefen

Anagrams

• levins
• livens
• Sliven