A person who cries or complains easily or often, especially about small or unimportant things.
Don't be such a crybaby, it's just a little scratch.
He called me a crybaby because I complained about the unfair treatment during the game.
crybabyintransitive-verb
To whine or complain excessively, often about trivial matters.
Stop crybabying and deal with it like an adult.
He's always crybabying about something; it's exhausting to listen to him.
crybabyadjective
Used to describe someone who cries or complains frequently or easily.
He has a crybaby attitude, always complaining.
The crybaby kid on the playground started sobbing when he lost the game.
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The phonetic transcription of "crybaby" is /ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/ in British English and /ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.
Example usage of "crybaby": "Don't be such a crybaby, it's just a little scratch.". More examples on the page.