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crybaby en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/

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.

Meanings

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.” 2017 September 4, Natalie Angier, “A Baby Wails, and the Adult World Comes Running”, in The New York Times:
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. 2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic:
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. 1964, Harry S. Truman, 4:20 from the start, in MP2002-359 Former President Truman Discusses Using the Atomic Bomb to Stop the War, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:

Forms

Deriveds

crybabyish · crybully · try-baby

Relateds

cry like a baby · sniveler · complainer · whiner · whinger · bellyacher

Translations (139)

uz yigʻloq (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · cjs ылғақай (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · sh кмеза (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · th ขี้แย (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk пла́кса (baby who cries excessively) · es llorón (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · sh kmeza (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · fr pleurnicheuse (baby who cries excessively) · mk плачко (baby who cries excessively) · sk uplakanec (baby who cries excessively) · gl chorón (baby who cries excessively) · de Heulsuse (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · cs uplakánek (baby who cries excessively) · uk плаксу́ха (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксу́н (baby who cries excessively) · uk плаксу́ня (baby who cries excessively) · lt verksnys (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ru пла́кса (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · mi tangimeme (baby who cries excessively) · ta அழுகுணி (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · pt chorão (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · gl nifrón (baby who cries excessively) · cjs ылғақай (baby who cries excessively) · th ขี้แย (baby who cries excessively) · tl balat-sibuyas (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксі́йка (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · crh ağlavuq (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · be плаксу́ха (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · de Schreibaby (baby who cries excessively) · be ру́мза (baby who cries excessively) · gl mexericas (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk рю́мса (baby who cries excessively) · pt chorão (baby who cries excessively) · sv grinolle (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk рю́мса (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · be плаксу́н (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · cmn 愛哭鬼 /爱哭鬼 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk рю́ма (baby who cries excessively) · sk ufňukanec (baby who cries excessively) · he בכיין (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ru ню́ня (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · li euverdoonder (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · gl choromicas (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · mi tangiweto (baby who cries excessively) · be плаксу́н (baby who cries excessively) · pl maminsynek (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксі́й (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксу́ня (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксі́йка (baby who cries excessively) · ru пла́кса (baby who cries excessively) · de Schreikind (baby who cries excessively) · be раву́н (baby who cries excessively) · mi tangimeme (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · fr pleurnichard (baby who cries excessively) · sh pláčko (baby who cries excessively) · sv gnällpipa (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ru ны́тик (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · hy լացկան (baby who cries excessively) · it piagnone (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · sk urevanec (baby who cries excessively) · ko 마마보이 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ja ママっ子 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · yi וויינער (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · tr sulu gözlü (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · tr sulu göz (baby who cries excessively) · ta அழுமூஞ்சி (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · nl aansteller (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · be раву́н (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · fr pleurnichard (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · es llorona (baby who cries excessively) · yi וויינערל (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · hsn 哭臉巴 /哭脸巴 (baby who cries excessively) · crh cılavuq (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · li bäökól (baby who cries excessively) · mk плачко (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · he בכיינית (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · bg ре́вльо (baby who cries excessively) · be пла́кса (baby who cries excessively) · de Heulliese (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk пла́кса (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · bg ре́вльо (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · mk плачка (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uz yigʻloq (baby who cries excessively) · mi tangiweto (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · sh пла́чко (baby who cries excessively) · uk плаксу́н (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · fi itkupilli (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ko 울보 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · gl chorón (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ca ploramiques (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · mk плачка (baby who cries excessively) · sv grinpelle (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ja 泣き虫 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · gl nifrón (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · yue 喊包 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk мату́син сино́к (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · nl huilbaby (baby who cries excessively) · be ру́мза (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk рю́ма (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ko 울보 (baby who cries excessively) · nb skrikerunge (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · bg ма́мино дете́нце (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ja 泣き虫 (baby who cries excessively) · yi פּישטשער (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · uk плаксі́й (baby who cries excessively) · cmn 哭訴寶 /哭诉宝 (baby who cries excessively) · sh пла́чко (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ru рёва (baby who cries excessively) · ru не́женка (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ru ма́менькин сыно́к (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · tl iyakin (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · crh ağlavuq (baby who cries excessively) · uk плаксу́ха (baby who cries excessively) · sv gnällspik (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · pl beksa (baby who cries excessively) · nl huilebalk (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · mi tangiwheto (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ka მტირალა (baby who cries excessively) · id cengeng (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · cmn 愛哭的人 /爱哭的人 (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · ota یایغرهجی (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · gl choromicas (baby who cries excessively) · be пла́кса (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · be плаксу́ха (baby who cries excessively) · ru ма́менькина до́чка (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · tr sulu göz (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · yue 喊包 (baby who cries excessively) · sv lipsill (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · es llorica (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · yi קלאָגמוטער (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · cmn 愛哭鬼 /爱哭鬼 (baby who cries excessively) · es llorón (baby who cries excessively) · be ма́мчын сыно́к (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · nrf houinneux (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · tr sulu gözlü (baby who cries excessively) · fr pleurnicheur (baby who cries excessively) · sh pláčko (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · he בַּכְיָן (person whose feelings are easily hurt) · fi itkupilli (baby who cries excessively)

crybaby en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/

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.

Meanings

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. 1995 June 15, Scott Ostler, “SCOTT OSTLER -- Hakeem Sets Old Standard”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
   • “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.” 2023 October 27, John Nolte, “Nolte: 'Hunger Games' Actress Rachel Zeigler Plays the Victim over 'Snow White' Backlash”, in Breitbart:

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