crybaby

noun
/ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/

Etymology

From cry + baby.

  1. borrowed from Baby
  2. borrowed from ബേബി
  3. formed as crybaby — “cry + baby

Definitions

  1. A baby who cries excessively.

  2. Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.

    • 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.
  3. Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going…

    Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To act like a crybaby.

      • Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.
      • “I have learned the hard way,” she crybabied this week, “that we have to be fearless and loud in order to be heard, and to prepare for the backlash that occasionally comes with that outspokenness.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA