complainers

noun

plural of complainer
1
as in babies
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 crabs
an irritable and complaining person a chronic complainer

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Recent Examples of complainers Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it? — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 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 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
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  1. babies
  2. crabs
  3. whiners
  4. bears
  5. cranks
Noun
  • But Halloween excess, with its pillowcases full of candy, elaborate costumes for everyone from babies to adults to dogs (and a few unlucky cats), could not be more American.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Humanoid moths and demon babies, hitchhiking ghouls, the occasional sea monster and even a suspicious phantom kangaroo or two.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of babies
Noun
  • Within a few hours the couple, both in their mid-40s, has filled the boat with shellfish, sea urchins, mussels and crabs that Leviñanco will sell at the market in Melinka, the main island in the Guaitecas Archipelago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • One employee pulls out crabs with a small net before letting a customer take their pick of the lot.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of crabs
Noun
  • 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.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Patriotic Team USA wins gold as anti-America whiners flop.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of whiners
Noun
  • But its bears are pointing to roughly $80 billion in half-year net losses, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of compute commitments and more than 90 pages of risk factors.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Clients pay him good money to hunt bears, the landlord argues.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of bears
Noun
  • Gone were compositor rooms where as many as a 100 workers laid out letters and pulled cranks.
    — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The key to the future Today, the car key itself could be going the way of engine hand cranks.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of cranks

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“Complainers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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