snivel

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus.
2. (derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.
3. (derogatory, transitive) To say (something) while sniffling or crying.

Noun

1. The act of snivelling.
2. Nasal mucus; snot.

Synonyms

snuffle

nasal mucus

whine

sob

😭

sniffle

whimper

blubber

snot

weep

pule

runny nose

cry

😢

blub

sniveling

gripe

complaining

whimpering

grizzle

mewl

yammer

yawp

skreak

catch the breath

blubber out

keep on sniffing

slime

bitch

bleat

complain

dribble

moan

mucilage

mucus

oink

pull

rheum

salivate

screak

screech

bewail

sniff

snore

wail

whinge

Translations

lloriquear

piagnucolare

gimotear

llorar

😢

frignare

singhiozzare

😭

pleurnicher

geindre

flennen

😢

vagire

😢

larmoyer

schluchzen

😭

wimmern

huilen

😢

chialer

😢

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsnɪvəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: *snyflan

In summary

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (attested in the verbal noun snyflung (“mucus”)), from Proto-West Germanic *snuflijan, related to Old English snofl (“mucus”), ultimately from the root of snout. Akin to sniff, snuff. Compare sniffle.
Cognate with Middle Low German snuffelen, snüffelen (“to sniff, smell”), Danish snøvle (“to sniffle, snivel”), Norwegian Nynorsk snuvla (“to sniffle, snivel”), Swedish snövla (“to sniffle, snivel”).
Compare typologically Russian сопе́ть (sopétʹ), сопля́ (sopljá) akinnes.