crybaby
/ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.76 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A baby who cries excessively.
noun
Someone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English cry Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English baby English baby English crybaby From cry + baby.