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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    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • What does this research mean for parents and their babies?
    Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 21 May 2025

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“Crybaby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crybaby. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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