ranter

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Noun
  • After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t be a scold, don’t be a moaner, don’t be a finger-wagging elitist, don’t be an eco-bore, don’t be a mentally ill homeless guy.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
  • From the instigator to the crybaby, everyone gets to partake in the seasonal chaos.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Never mind the man himself, who, anyway, emerges as something of a whiner and malcontent.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
  • No one likes a draft-day whiner.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Ranter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranter. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.

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