bewhine

B3E1W4H4I1N1E1

verb

To whine about.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbbewhine (third-person singular simple present bewhines, present participle bewhining, simple past and past participle bewhined)

present singular third person bewhines · participle present bewhining · participle past bewhined · past bewhined

  1. transitiveTo whine about.

    And Jamala is bewhining and bescreeching this event to remind all Europe and particularly Russia of this injustice.

    2016, Ukraine: Jamala will sing "1944" at Eurovision 2016
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    He bemoaned and bewhined it to all who would listen, and men began, half-jokingly, to call the scene of the tragedy Tallow Lake.

    1921, Alfred Lee Donaldson, A History of the Adirondacks, volume 2, page 101

    He is savagely delineated by Euripides as a ruthless craven, bewhining and bewailing the loss of the woman he had driven to her grave, hurling abuse at his father for remaining alive and trying to saddle him with the moral guilt of Alkestis' death.

    1937, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, volume 1, page 47

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“bewhine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewhine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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