Meaning of Crybaby | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A baby who cries excessively.
2. Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
   derogatory, slang
3. Someone who takes offense or excessively complains when things are not going well.
   derogatory, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“A notorious human crybaby, according to her older siblings, parents and the building superintendent, will cry for two hours every two hours, refusing to acknowledge any distinction between crying and other basic infant activities, like “being awake” or “breathing.””

“Then he used the occasion to humiliate the provost, calling her an example of the censorious crybabies whom he had come to relieve of their responsibility.”

“[…]Now there are a lot of crybabies around who are talking about what ought to have done and the bomb ought to have had a demonstration in Japan before you killed all those people. […] I don't care what the crybabies say now because they didn't have to make the decision.”

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