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I . snivel(l)ing [ˈ-ɪŋ] N no pl

II . snivel(l)ing [ˈ-ɪŋ] ADJ

I . snivel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈsnɪvl] VB intr (cry)

II . snivel [ˈsnɪvl] N no pl

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That might sound like snivelling jealousy to some but jealousy lurks in all of us, whether we're proud of it or not.
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This snivelling attempt at apologia is actually a good description of the personality-free, dismal, feeble, putrid, mass of people who are egalitarian because it's a step up for them, socially.
www.digitaljournal.com
Now you constantly give us negative snivelling comments full of fear.
www.interest.co.nz
This is all your fault, you useless snivelling excuse for a man.
www.digitalspy.com
You band of snivelling twerps.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Will that one snivelling co-worker earn a better chance at that promotion you've been wanting?
news.nationalpost.com
Not snivelling whiners who complain how the process isn't fair or how they need some extra consideration because their great-great grandmother was a slave.
www.dailycal.org
Being in government is much harder than being a whimpering, snivelling, complaining opposition.
www.smh.com.au
No matter how much contrite snivelling is going on -- or how many goals these players might score in the future.
www.independent.co.uk
Or will she remain a snivelling little hypocrite?
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