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crybaby
[ krahy-bey-bee ]
/ ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi /
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noun, plural cry·ba·bies.
a person, especially a child, who cries readily for very little reason.
a person who complains too much, usually in a whining manner.
verb (used without object), cry·ba·bied, cry·ba·by·ing.
Also cry-baby. to cry or complain easily or often.
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cruzeiro, cruzeiro real, cruzie, crwth, cry, crybaby, crybully, cry, crying, cry down, cry for, cry havoc
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How to use crybaby in a sentence
In general, we want to think people will respond to that, not calling someone a crybaby.
For all this talk o the is an was, an all these thoughts o the why, an all the crybaby My Gods!
Every Man for Himself|Norman DuncanWhat a crybaby you must think me, she said presently, in a limp voice.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane|Dorothy WaynePrince Andrew and his sister, hand in hand, kissed one another, and he told her she was still the same crybaby as ever.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
British Dictionary definitions for crybaby
crybaby
/ (ˈkraɪˌbeɪbɪ) /
noun plural -bies
a person, esp a child, given to frequent crying or complaint
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