1. snivel, whine -- (talk in a tearful manner)
2. snuffle, snivel -- (snuff up mucus through the nose)
3. snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle -- (cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!")
snivel can be used as a noun
1. snivel, sniveling -- (whining in a tearful manner)
2. snuffle, sniffle, snivel -- (the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested))
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I do not snivel that snivel the world over. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
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Put your handkerchief away--don't snivel before me. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte