English [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From cry + baby .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
crybaby (plural crybabies )
A baby who cries excessively.
( slang ) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic [1] :Then he used the occasion to humiliate the provost, calling her an example of the censorious crybabies whom he had come to relieve of their responsibility.
( slang ) Someone who takes offense or excessively complains when things aren't going well.
1964 , Harry S. Truman , 4:20 from the start, in MP2002-359 Former President Truman Discusses Using the Atomic Bomb to Stop the War [2] , Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum , National Archives Identifier: 595162 :[ … ] Now there are a lot of crybabies around who are talking about what ought to have done and the bomb ought to have had a demonstration in Japan before you killed all those people. [ … ] I don't care what the crybabies say now because they didn't have to make the decision.
Related terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
baby who cries excessively
Armenian: լացկան (hy) ( lacʻkan )
Belarusian: пла́кса m or f ( pláksa ) , плаксу́н m ( plaksún ) , плаксу́ха f ( plaksúxa ) , раву́н m ( ravún ) , ру́мза m or f ( rúmza )
Bulgarian: ре́вльо (bg) m ( révljo )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 喊包 ( haam3 baau1 )
Mandarin: 愛哭鬼 / 爱哭鬼 (zh) ( àikūguǐ ) , 哭訴寶 / 哭诉宝 ( kūsùbǎo )
Xiang: 哭臉巴 / 哭脸巴 ( ku6 lienn3 ba1 )
Czech: uplakánek m
Dutch: huilbaby (nl) m
Finnish: itkupilli (fi)
French: pleurnicheur (fr) m , pleurnicheuse (fr) f , pleurnichard (fr) m
Galician: chorón m , nifrón m , choromicas m or f
Georgian: მტირალა ( mṭirala )
German: Schreibaby (de) n , Schreikind n
Japanese: 泣き虫 (ja) ( なきむし, nakimushi )
Korean: 울보 ( ulbo )
Limburgish: bäökól m
Macedonian: плачко m ( plačko ) , плачка f ( plačka )
Maori: tangiweto , tangimeme
Polish: beksa (pl) f
Portuguese: chorão (pt) m
Russian: пла́кса (ru) m or f ( pláksa ) , рёва (ru) m or f ( rjóva )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пла́чко m
Roman: pláčko (sh) m
Shor: ылғақай ( ılğaqay )
Slovak: uplakanec m , urevanec m , ufňukanec m
Spanish: llorón (es) m , llorona (es) f
Thai: ขี้แย ( kîi-yɛɛ )
Turkish: sulu göz (tr) , sulu gözlü (tr)
Ukrainian: пла́кса m or f ( pláksa ) , плаксі́й m ( plaksíj ) , плаксі́йка f ( plaksíjka ) , плаксу́н m ( plaksún ) , плаксу́ха f ( plaksúxa ) , плаксу́ня f ( plaksúnja ) , рю́ма m or f ( rjúma ) , рю́мса m or f ( rjúmsa )
person whose feelings are easily hurt
Belarusian: пла́кса m or f ( pláksa ) , плаксу́н m ( plaksún ) , плаксу́ха f ( plaksúxa ) , раву́н m ( ravún ) , ру́мза m or f ( rúmza ) , ма́мчын сыно́к m ( mámčyn synók )
Bulgarian: ре́вльо (bg) m ( révljo ) , ма́мино дете́нце n ( mámino deténce )
Catalan: ploramiques (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 喊包 ( haam3 baau1 )
Mandarin: 愛哭鬼 / 爱哭鬼 (zh) ( àikūguǐ ) , 愛 哭 的 人 / 爱 哭 的 人 ( ài kū de rén )
Crimean Tatar: ağlavuq , cılavuq ( northern dialect )
Dutch: aansteller (nl) m , huilebalk (nl) m
Finnish: itkupilli (fi)
French: pleurnichard (fr)
Galician: chorón m , nifrón m , choromicas m , mexericas m
German: Heulsuse (de) f , Heulliese f
Hebrew: בכיין / בַּכְיָן m ( bakh'yán ) , בכיינית f ( bakh'yanít )
Indonesian: cengeng (id)
Italian: piagnone m
Japanese: 泣き虫 (ja) ( なきむし, nakimushi ) , ママっ子 ( ママっこ, mamakko )
Korean: 울보 ( ulbo ) , 마마보이 ( mamaboi )
Limburgish: euverdoonder m
Lithuanian: verksnys m
Macedonian: плачко m ( plačko ) , плачка f ( plačka )
Maori: tangiweto , tangimeme , tangiwheto
Norman: houinneux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skrikerunge
Polish: maminsynek (pl) m
Portuguese: chorão (pt) m
Russian: пла́кса (ru) m or f ( pláksa ) , ма́менькин сыно́к (ru) m ( mámenʹkin synók ) , ма́менькина до́чка f ( mámenʹkina dóčka ) , не́женка (ru) m or f ( néženka ) , ню́ня (ru) m or f ( njúnja ) , ны́тик (ru) m ( nýtik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пла́чко m , кмеза m
Roman: pláčko (sh) m , kmeza (sh) m
Shor: ылғақай ( ılğaqay )
Spanish: llorón (es) m , llorica (es) ( Spain )
Swedish: lipsill (sv) c , gnällpipa c , grinpelle , grinolle (sv) , gnällspik (sv) c
Tagalog: balat-sibuyas (tl) , iyakin
Thai: ขี้แย ( kîi-yɛɛ )
Turkish: sulu göz (tr) , sulu gözlü (tr)
Ukrainian: пла́кса m or f ( pláksa ) , плаксі́й m ( plaksíj ) , плаксі́йка f ( plaksíjka ) , плаксу́н m ( plaksún ) , плаксу́ха f ( plaksúxa ) , плаксу́ня f ( plaksúnja ) , рю́ма m or f ( rjúma ) , рю́мса m or f ( rjúmsa ) , мату́син сино́к m ( matúsyn synók )
Translations to be checked
See also [ edit ]
crybaby (third-person singular simple present crybabies , present participle crybabying , simple past and past participle crybabied )
( intransitive ) to act like a crybaby.
2023 October 27, John Nolte, “Nolte: 'Hunger Games' Actress Rachel Zeigler Plays the Victim over 'Snow White' Backlash”, in Breitbart [3] :“I have learned the hard way,” she crybabied this week, “that we have to be fearless and loud in order to be heard, and to prepare for the backlash that occasionally comes with that outspokenness.”