as in complainer
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things car trips that were often spoiled by a couple of crybabies in the back seat

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Recent Examples of crybaby So does Bennett Morgan, whose King Ethelred morphs from bedridden crybaby to power-hungry murderer. Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024 Christie has long criticized Trump for skipping and threatening to skip the Republican events, calling him a crybaby, loser and other taunts. Chris Christie, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023 The Angels’ injuries have made the season difficult enough without a manager acting like a crybaby every time a call doesn’t go his way. Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023 Japanese animation studio Science SARU, known for creating anime like DEVILMAN crybaby and Annie Awards nominee Inu-Oh, will be leading the animation portion of the show. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for crybaby
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baby
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  • If the bill passes, these savings accounts will be funded by the federal government and will provide each baby born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, with $1,000.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • He was detained on the Greek island of Skiathos on Friday afternoon, just days after the bodies of the baby girl and the woman believed to be her mother were found in Villa Pamphili, one of the busiest parks in the Italian capital.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025

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“Crybaby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crybaby. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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