snivel

1. 1.

   whining in a tearful manner

   Synonymssniveling

   Broadercrying
2. 2.

   the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

   Synonymssnufflesniffle

   Broaderbreathing

Other forms of snivel

plural

snivels·

past tense or participle

snivelled

present participle

snivelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snivel

What does snivel mean?

snivel means "talk in a tearful manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snivel?

snivel has 2 syllables and divides as sni-vel under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for snivel?

Close synonyms include whine, snuffle, sniffle, blubber, blub. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snivel a common word?

snivel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.