Usually means: Whining softly; expressing minor complaints.
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  1. puling: Merriam-Webster
  2. puling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. puling: Vocabulary.com
  4. puling: Wordnik
  5. puling: Wiktionary
  6. puling: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Puling, puling: Dictionary.com
  8. Puling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. puling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Puling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. puling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. puling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Puling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. puling: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  A whining or whimpering.

Similar:
wail, mewl, whimper, blubbing, pouting, whimperer, whingeing, wauling, whine, purring, more...

Opposite:
mature, strong, robust, healthy

Types:
whining, complaining, grousing, griping, moaning, mewling, pining, wailing, more...

Adjectives:
paralytic, faint, vapid, wretchedly, more, mournful



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Similar:
wail, mewl, whimper, blubbing, pouting, whimperer, whingeing, wauling, whine, purring, more...

Opposite:
mature, strong, robust, healthy

Types:
whining, complaining, grousing, griping, moaning, mewling, pining, wailing, more...

Adjectives:
paralytic, faint, vapid, wretchedly, more, mournful



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