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as in complainers
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
don't be a whiner—the hike's not that difficult
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as in crabs
an irritable and complaining person
among the hospital staff the patient in 504 had acquired a reputation for being a whiner
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Recent Examples of whiners
The Dodgers officially opened their doors for the 2026 season Saturday, holding an annual Dodgerfest that has sent a clear message to a landscape of whiners.
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Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiners
Noun
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If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Either way, be sure to keep an eye out for the reserve’s native animal population, including fish, crabs, turtles, herons, flamingos, foxes, and dugongs, cousins to the North American manatee.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other exports, such as Canadian canola meal, lobsters, crabs, and peas will also not be subject to Chinese anti-discrimination tariffs until at least the end of 2026.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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That’s a communication disorder that develops when kids don’t have consistent access to a language — whether ASL or English — as babies and toddlers.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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As these babies were unbaptized, their cemeteries often sank into obscurity, and integrating folklore into heritage protection is vital.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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All but three of the bears were killed with a rifle.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Many of the big software platforms – Salesforce, now under a 15 P/E or ServiceNow, with a record-high 5% free-cash-flow yield – have a decent counter-argument to the bears.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In academic and intellectual circles, defenders of market economics were few and far between and widely viewed as cranks or worse.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Whiners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiners. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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