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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as in crabs
an irritable and complaining person
a chronic complainer
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Recent Examples of complainers
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.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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 complainers
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At a nutrition center in Camp 15 of Cox’s Bazar – run by Concern Worldwide, with programs from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – babies are measured for malnutrition by wrapping a paper tape measure around their tiny arms.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The pictures got more and more creative over time, as Edie asked her mom to draw babies, cats and birds.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Key West native Mario Palazon of FreshCo Fish Market & Grill in Kendall, who has been in the seafood wholesale business for more than 20 years, says that his suppliers have been catching a record number of crabs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Most years, very few baby crabs emerge, but occasionally a huge number survive, maintaining the island's population.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Sequoia Park Zoo emphasized that the event did not highlight conflict between the wild bears and those in captivity, but rather a peaceful coexistence.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Fleishman doubted the proclamation could deter CDFW from euthanizing bears.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Far from being uninformed cranks, many of the people embracing Luddism grew up with smartphones and know all too well how enticing (and overwhelming) the technology can be.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Then there's the Trickstuff Maxima four-piston front and rear brakes, I9 Hydra 2 hubs and Cane Creek printed titanium cranks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Complainers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainers. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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