crybaby C2+ Topic:People & Society Also spelled cry-baby US /ˈkraɪˌbeɪbi/ UK /ˈkraɪˌbeɪbi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who cries or complains too readily over trifles Don't be such a crybaby over a scraped knee. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who cries or... whinercomplainersnivelergrumblerwhimperer ↔ Opposites stoic Word family Related forms crybaby Etymology AI details A transparent compound of 'cry' (from Old French 'crier', from Latin 'quirītāre', 'to wail') + 'baby' (a reduplicative nursery word). crier Old French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # crybaby **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkraɪˌbeɪbi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkraɪˌbeɪbi/ ## Meanings 1. a person who cries or complains too readily over trifles ## Examples - Don't be such a crybaby over a scraped knee. ## Synonyms - whiner - complainer - sniveler - grumbler - whimperer ## Antonyms - stoic ## Related Forms - cry - baby ## Roots and Affixes - Root: crier ## Etymology A transparent compound of 'cry' (from Old French 'crier', from Latin 'quirītāre', 'to wail') + 'baby' (a reduplicative nursery word). ## AI Etymology Crybaby is a transparent compound of 'cry' (from Old French 'crier', from Latin 'quirītāre', 'to wail') + 'baby' (a reduplicative nursery word). The immediate etymological form is Old French crier. In present use as a noun, it means "a person who cries or complains too readily over trifles", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include cry and baby. Its contrast set includes stoic, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown