1
as in complainer
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
don't be a whiner—the hike's not that difficult
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as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
among the hospital staff the patient in 504 had acquired a reputation for being a whiner
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Recent Examples of whiner
No one likes a draft-day whiner.
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Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiner
Noun
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Appetizer options include mini crab cakes and salmon bites, served alongside an assortment of specialty cocktails to wash it all down.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Sep. 2025
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See it In Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, fishers caught four crab-eating frogs, Fejervarya moodiei, marking the first record of this species in the province.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In her post, Audrey and her little one can be seen snuggling up together, with her baby boy clutching her finger.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The video Roman shared on her Instagram feed shows the baby of the family prepping for graduation alongside her family and eventually walking across the stage.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Since 2020, the center has cared for 16 mountain lions as well as thousands of other wild animals from baby songbirds to coyotes to bears.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Don’t let kids run away from the bear.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Factual: League crybabies can decide who gets to play in their sandbox.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
3 Aug. 2025
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If whining were an Olympic sport, Finland, Denmark and Sweden might as well skip the competition, because the U.S. surely would sweep the podium with an elite lineup of crybaby football coaches.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Seen through a contemporary lens, Lee feels like a guy who’s one or two degrees away from a QAnon crank, except there’s a pure, humanistic engine in him.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Whiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiner. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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