crybaby

noun
UK: /ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/
US: /ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/
  1. A person who cries or complains easily or often, especially about small or unimportant things.

    1. Don't be such a crybaby, it's just a little scratch.
    2. He called me a crybaby because I complained about the unfair treatment during the game.
crybaby intransitive-verb
  1. To whine or complain excessively, often about trivial matters.

    1. Stop crybabying and deal with it like an adult.
    2. He's always crybabying about something; it's exhausting to listen to him.
crybaby adjective
  1. Used to describe someone who cries or complains frequently or easily.

    1. He has a crybaby attitude, always complaining.
    2. 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.