complainer

noun

Definition of complainernext
1
as in baby
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things she early on got a reputation as a complainer after finding fault with her work space

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2
as in crab
an irritable and complaining person a chronic complainer

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  1. baby
  2. crab
  3. bear
  4. crybaby
  5. crank
  6. fussbudget
  7. fusspot
Noun
  • Their selection of products includes maternity pillows, breast pumps, nursing bras, baby monitors, baby sound machines, and more.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But that post was hardly the only time the Django Unchained actor gushed about his baby girl.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of baby
Noun
  • In winter, humpback and blue whales are migrating past the coast which puts them at danger of entanglement in commercial crab fishing gear.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Fishermen brought up the first crab pots on Jan. 18, 2024.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of crab
Noun
  • The Stanley logo, a winged bear with a crown, appears on the front and bottom of the mug.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Javelina records are likely to be determined by skull dimensions, similar to how the club assesses bear and feline trophy submissions.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of bear
Noun
  • His overall premise can be summarized in one sentence: The teams quietly complaining about the tax advantages the Florida teams may have are a bunch of crybabies, trying to defend their own mediocre team-building records.
    Eric Duhatschek, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
  • Despite being a crybaby at the peak of her break-up with Warner, Woods’ strength lies in her ability to go within and trust her intuition.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
Definition of crybaby
Noun
  • Salah’s comments over the last week cranks up the pressure on Liverpool’s owners, the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) who also own the Boston Red Sox, to give these three superstars huge new contracts.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the villainous Oogie Boogie cranks up the creep factor, making for an especially sinister Christmas movie.
    Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of crank
Noun
  • But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher.
    Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way.
    Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Feb. 2018
Definition of fussbudget
Noun
  • In Deborah, the show offers a lonely boomer fusspot with the politics of Dwight Eisenhower.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
  • However, this trait can appear as a stickler for perfection, precision, fusspot, formalist, nitpicker, pedantic, and fastidious.
    Colleen Reilly, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of fusspot
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