crybaby

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crybaby

  • /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/

noun crybabies · cry baby · cry-baby

  1. A baby who cries excessively. 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.”
  2. derogatory, slang 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. derogatory, slang Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well. […]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.

verb crybabies · crybabying · crybabied · cry baby · cry-baby

  1. intransitive 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.

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noun baby who cries excessively

Españolllorón, llorona
한국어울보 ulbo
日本語泣き虫 nakimushi
中文愛哭鬼 /爱哭鬼 àikūguǐ, 哭訴寶 /哭诉宝 kūsùbǎo
Portuguêschorão
Françaispleurnicheur, pleurnicheuse, pleurnichard
DeutschSchreibaby, Schreikind
Русскийпла́кса pláksa, рёва rjóva

noun person whose feelings are easily hurt

Españolllorón, llorica
한국어울보 ulbo, 마마보이 mamaboi
日本語泣き虫 nakimushi, ママっ子 mamakko
中文愛哭鬼 /爱哭鬼 àikūguǐ, 愛哭的人 /爱哭的人 ài kū de rén
Portuguêschorão
Françaispleurnichard
DeutschHeulsuse, Heulliese
Italianopiagnone
Русскийпла́кса pláksa, ма́менькин сыно́к mámenʹkin synók, ма́менькина до́чка mámenʹkina dóčka, не́женка néženka, ню́ня njúnja, ны́тик nýtik
עבריתבכיין, בַּכְיָן bakh'yán, בכיינית bakh'yanít

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@misc{crybaby_2026,
  title = {crybaby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crybaby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}