Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

crybaby

[krahy-bey-bee] / ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Maybe I'm a crybaby, but you make a movie and you like it, you feel like it's not seen enough.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2023

“This letter is so pathetic in terms of whining: Mr. Free Speech Absolutist, just a crybaby hiding behind his lawyers,” O’Dowd said in an interview.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2022

“This letter is so pathetic in terms of whining: Mr. Free Speech Absolutist, just a crybaby hiding behind his lawyers,” Mr. O’Dowd told The Washington Post.

From Washington Times Aug. 25, 2022

The latest to make his appearance — excuse me, reappearance — in the crybaby ranks is former hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, 78, whose net worth is pegged by Forbes at $2.5 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2021

He’s a big crybaby and will go running to Mama, so I smile sweetly instead.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

It's also because it's the car of crybabies.

From Salon May 30, 2025

Personally, I think most of us sound like spoiled crybabies on gas prices.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2022

The time for tolerating the selfish crybabies may be coming to an end.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2021

And yet it’s hard for me not to anthropomorphize these platforms, looking around at all the crybabies whining that they don’t treat every single user exactly the same in every situation, and collapsing in frustration.

From The Verge Jul. 12, 2019

The glory of elfdom shall not be dimmed by the whining of a few crybabies.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

I am not crybabying to the Judge or making any kick about things.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training