Synonyms for cry-baby

Grammar : Noun

Spell : krahy-bey-bee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi

Top 10 synonyms for cry-baby

Other synonyms for the word cry-baby

Définition of cry-baby

Origin : 1851, American English, from cry + baby (n.).

As in milksop : noun coward
As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
As in pantywaist : noun sissy

Example sentences :

But I isn't got all my wits,' says he, the cry-baby; 'an' God knows I'm doin' my best!'
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

But si Tona could only bawl and bawl like a cry-baby, till her son got really angry.
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

Danny Meadow Mouse was a cry-baby and no one wanted to play with him.
Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

Here is a young fellow who as a boy was always a cry-baby and mamma's darling.
Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various

He calls him a cry-baby, and slaps his mouth for him, to stop his noise.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

This did not prove him a cry-baby; it was allowable, like crying when you stumped your toe.
Extract from : « A Boy's Town » by W. D. Howells

Number three differed from both of his elders; he was a cry-baby.
Extract from : « In Nesting Time » by Olive Thorne Miller

I wouldn't have come if I thought you were a couple of cry-baby cowardy-calves.
Extract from : « Swatty » by Ellis Parker Butler

She is very nice when she is not a cry-baby, and when she doesn't stick pins into you.
Extract from : « Wild Heather » by L. T. Meade

"It won't do for you to be a King and a cry-baby at the same time," she said.
Extract from : « The Emerald City of Oz » by L. Frank Baum

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