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crybaby
[krahy-bey-bee] 
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crybaby
[krahy-bey-bee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malcontent |
| Synonyms: | bellyacher, complainer, critic, faultfinder, griper, grumbler, moaner, sissy, softy, whiner, wimp*, wuss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | namby-pamby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pansy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma's boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pantywaist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sissy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, scaredy cat, weakling, wimp*, wuss, wussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | petulant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crabby, moody |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, captious, caviling, complaining, cranky*, cross, crybaby, displeased, fault-finding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, huffy, ill-humored, impatient, irritable, mean, peevish, perverse, pouting, querulous, snappish, sour, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy, ungracious, uptight*, waspish, whining, whiny |
| Antonyms: | good-natured, happy, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prima donna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperamental person |
| Synonyms: | conceited person, crybaby, egotist, narcissist, princess, self-centered person, spoiled brat, vain person |
| Main Entry: | sissy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, cuckold, daisy, jellyfish, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weakling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has no strength |
| Synonyms: | baby, chicken heart, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dotard, invertebrate, jellyfish, misfit, pushover, wimp*, yellow belly |
| Antonyms: | strongman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wimp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, daisy, featherweight, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, loser, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, puppy, pushover, scaredy-cat, schlemiel, sissy, wuss, wussy, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mama's boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mother's boy |
| Synonyms: | Milquetoast, baby, big baby, crybaby, gutless wonder, lightweight, mollycoddle, mother's darling, namby-pamby, pansy, sissy, softy, teacher's pet |
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