crybaby

/ˌkraɪˈbeɪbi/

/ˈkrɑɪbeɪbi/

Other forms: crybabies

A crybaby is someone who cries very easily and complains a lot. If you have a younger sister, you've probably called her a crybaby from time to time.

You might be tempted to call someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, who is extremely sensitive and quick to burst into tears, a crybaby. It's a fairly derogatory term, however, and being called a crybaby will only make a crybaby cry even harder. The word dates from around 1850, and it's native to the United States, from the idea that someone "cries like a baby."

Definitions of crybaby

1. noun

   a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
   synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner

   types:

   kvetch

   (Yiddish) a constant complainer

   type of:

   disagreeable person, unpleasant person

   a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
2. noun

   a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
   synonyms: chicken, wimp

   type of:

   doormat, weakling, wuss

   a person who is physically weak and ineffectual