1
as in baby
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
she early on got a reputation as a complainer after finding fault with her work space
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2
as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
a chronic complainer
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Recent Examples of complainer
Instead of pushing through pain and not speaking up for fear they'll be labeled weak or a complainer, this generation is more inclined to listen to their bodies, advocate for themselves, and address the issue through the proper resources.
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Sarah Scott,
Parents,
10 June 2026
However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
The pervasive popularity of the show and its creator will be the reason the complainers have no voice.
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Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
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Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.
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Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.
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Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
10 June 2026
However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
—
David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
The pervasive popularity of the show and its creator will be the reason the complainers have no voice.
—
Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.
—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.
—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.
—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complainer
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But Inciarte’s cousin and her baby were in La Guaira when the disaster began unfolding, and the family has not received any information or updates about them.
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But even the babies in Rising Star are all female.
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Liv locked in the half-crab on Iyo Sky with Iyo a long way away from the ropes.
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Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.
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There are no bigger whiners in the league than LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton, who have in their minds never committed a foul and are always fouled with no call on any possession.
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Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Patriotic Team USA wins gold as anti-America whiners flop.
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The clear 20-ounce cup came with a lid attached to a straw in Starbucks' signature green hue that looked like a beanie sitting on the bear's head.
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The latest iteration of the glass cups are pink and features the bear wearing a hat with a strawberry straw topper.
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Why? — Carol Cooper, Boynton Beach Quit complaining — or leave Here’s a suggestion for all the whiners, crybabies and complainers about America’s leadership.
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As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
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There are many worse things, though, than being a well-meaning crank.
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Casement windows swing out using cranks to open rather than sliding up or to the side on a track like standard windows.
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But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher.
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The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way.
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In Deborah, the show offers a lonely boomer fusspot with the politics of Dwight Eisenhower.
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However, this trait can appear as a stickler for perfection, precision, fusspot, formalist, nitpicker, pedantic, and fastidious.
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“Complainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainer. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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