crybully

American  

[krahy-bool-ee] / ˈkraɪˌbʊl i /

noun

• crybullies
  plural

1. a person who self-righteously harasses or intimidates others while playing the victim, especially of a perceived social injustice.

   It’s just another group of crybullies who can’t cope with anyone’s views but their own.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• crybullies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of crybully

First recorded in 1995–2000; cry ( def. ) + bully ¹ ( def. ), on the model of crybaby ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

crybully

He may be a crybully, but he’s no loser.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2016

But when I wrote in 2008, the rhetoric of “safe spaces,” “microaggressions” and “trigger warnings” had not yet colluded to bring forth that new academic phenomenon, at once tender and vicious, the crybully.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2015

The crybully, who has weaponized his coveted status as a victim, was first sighted in the mid-2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2015