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crybaby

[krahy-bey-bee] / ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi /


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Here she’s dealing with a smooth talker doling out empty promises, a crybaby who can’t decide what he wants, even a guy so fixated on self-betterment that he’s lost interest in the bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2025

Musk himself is the biggest crybaby of all, telling the Washington Post, "People were burning Teslas. Why would you do that? That’s really uncool."

From Salon May 30, 2025

“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

Hanako asked, “Baachan, was Papa a big crybaby or just a crybaby sometimes? And was he always serious when he was a child?”

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Meanwhile, his cult is such that defenders are dismissing his alleged victims as weak-willed crybabies.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Salon May 30, 2025

Those are the adult facts, but the crybabies do not comprehend how little power they have.

From Seattle Times Jun. 13, 2023

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




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