Definitions for puling

puling pul·ing

Spelling: [pyoo-ling]
IPA: /ˈpyu lɪŋ/

Puling is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in puling (gilnpu).

Definitions for puling

adjective

  1. whining; whimpering:

verb (used without object)

  1. to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.

Origin of puling

First recorded in 1520-30; pule + -ing2

Examples for puling

What right has he to have a son like that when I have nothing but a puling girl?

No woman was ever got by that sort of puling and whining love.

It was a helpless, puling, tender thing, demanding his sympathy and his love.

But 'tis a puling fool, more fitting for the bowers of ladies.'

Even the puling creature writhed under the lash of Mary's tones.

Nay, if I die, let me die like a man, not like a puling girl.

I was a fool ever to have got mixed up with such a white-livered, puling baby.

If there be one thing for which I profess no sympathy, it is puling sentiment.

A puling fool, not worthy even to breed her kind into the world.

These ideas will not suit the puling sentimentalism of the boudoir and the boarding-school.

Word Value for puling
Scrable

9

Words with friends

14

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