English to French Meaning of whimper - gémissement

Whimper :

gémissement

noun

gémissement, mal au ventre, pleurnicher, sanglot, geindre, râleur

verb

gémissement, sanglot, mal au ventre, gémir, geindre, râleur

Whimper :: gémissementWhimpered :: gémisWhimpering :: gémissementsWhimpers :: pleurniche

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Definitions of whimper in English

Noun(1) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
Verb(1) cry weakly or softly

Examples of whimper in English

(1) Maybe the guy who predicted that the world will end with a whimper instead of a bang was right.(2) This conclusion comes with a bang, not a whimper and is the only possible finale for such a sizzling firework display of a book.(3) Announcing his retirement at this week's Christmas concert at Selby Abbey, he went out not with a whimper but a bang, and a departing salvo aimed at New Labour.(4) As that arch-modernist T. S. Eliot predicted, ├ö├ç├┐This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper .├ö├ç├û(5) They have to know they were lucky to get out of Miami with Kerry having scored a whimper rather than a bang.(6) she gave a little whimper of protest(7) ├ö├ç├┐Right now all you do is try not to squint or whimper at the pain,├ö├ç├û he said as he began to walk behind her.(8) It could make such a difference to your day when you started with a bang, not a whimper !(9) their first appearance in the top flight ended with a whimper rather than a bang(10) A soft whimper echoed through the cavern, and he stopped.(11) It seems unfair that a man of such vitality, intelligence, and formidable personality ended his public career with more of a whimper than a bang.(12) Help my pledge drive go out with a bang, not a whimper .(13) They ended four hours and a couple hundred miles away in Virginia, succumbing to the normal internal tensions and apathy, the all-too-common whimper instead of a bang.(14) Bonfire night celebrations in Middleton, near Pickering, may go off with a whimper rather than a bang this year after the village bonfire party was cancelled.(15) Well, to use the clichÔö£┬«, it ended with a whimper , not a bang.(16) a child in a bed nearby began to whimper

(1) on a whim ::

sur un coup de tête

Synonyms

Noun

1. whine ::

gémissement

2. cry ::

cri

3. sob ::

sanglot

4. moan ::

gémissement

5. snivel ::

pleurnicher

6. wail ::

lamenter

7. groan ::

gémissement

8. mewl ::

miauler

9. bleat ::

bêler

Verb

10. wail ::

lamenter

11. mewl ::

miauler

12. pule ::

gémir

Antonyms

1. crow ::

corbeau

2. delight ::

délice

3. rejoice ::

réjouir

Different Forms

whimper, whimpered, whimpering, whimpers

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