sniveller

Other forms of sniveller

plural

snivellers·

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 sniveller

What does sniveller mean?

sniveller means "a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining".

How many syllables are in sniveller?

sniveller has 3 syllables: sni-vel-ler. The stress falls on "sni".

What is another word for sniveller?

Close synonyms include whiner, complainer, moaner, crybaby, bellyacher. 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 sniveller a common word?

sniveller 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.