1
as in baby
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
she early on got a reputation as a complainer after finding fault with her work space
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2
as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
a chronic complainer
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complainer
Noun
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Fundraiser created for victims According to a GoFundMe, the victims were relatives of the surviving baby, including the parents, grandmother, and uncle.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025 -
Milwaukee County Zoo staff have named the two baby Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, born there in June.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Seafood: Tuna, sardines, shrimp, crab, and halibut are all good sources.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
23 July 2025
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The bay serves as a crucial nursery for young sandbar sharks, which primarily eat fish and crabs.—
Irit Skulnik,
Baltimore Sun,
22 July 2025
Noun
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In both his monologue and a musical segment on the July 21 episode, Colbert mourned the loss of The Late Show, poked the orange bear that is Donald Trump, and decried his corporate overlords as his in-studio audience cheered, guffawed, and chanted his name multiple times.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Trump plan for states to oversee national parks could lead to more Grand Canyon damage Miller specified concern about bears who may struggle to ferry cubs away from the fires and birds that may be singed while trying to escape.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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If whining were an Olympic sport, Finland, Denmark and Sweden might as well skip the competition, because the U.S. surely would sweep the podium with an elite lineup of crybaby football coaches.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
3 Apr. 2025
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This is the gold star of silent crybabies, heaped high with silent scorn, disapproval and frustration, all at once.—
John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Matt’s not a total crank – at least no more than me.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Just remember to keep some batteries handy, because this one doesn’t have solar power or a hand crank for when the power goes out.—
Paris Goodman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 July 2025
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But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher.—
Bruce Handy,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2019
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The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way.—
Justin Davidson,
Daily Intelligencer,
22 Feb. 2018
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In Deborah, the show offers a lonely boomer fusspot with the politics of Dwight Eisenhower.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 July 2024
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However, this trait can appear as a stickler for perfection, precision, fusspot, formalist, nitpicker, pedantic, and fastidious.—
Colleen Reilly,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2024
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“Complainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainer. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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