complainer

noun

Definition of complainernext
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 complainer My ‘Deborah Vance Show senior writer’ persona was kind of a rude complainer with an incipient alcohol problem. — Merrill Markoe, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it? — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026 Instead of pushing through pain and not speaking up for fear they'll be labeled weak or a complainer, this generation is more inclined to listen to their bodies, advocate for themselves, and address the issue through the proper resources. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 June 2026 However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 The pervasive popularity of the show and its creator will be the reason the complainers have no voice. — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026 An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026 If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026 The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for complainer
  1. baby
  2. crab
  3. whiner
  4. bear
  5. crybaby
  6. crank
  7. fussbudget
  8. fusspot
Noun
  • Hasan was convicted of carrying out the attack, which killed 14 people at the Texas military base, including an unborn baby, before a military jury and was sentenced to death in 2013.
    — Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There are bespoke treatments by Bamford and renowned Irish skin care brand Voya (the Seaweed Leaf Wrap will leave your skin feeling baby-soft).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of baby
Noun
  • The rooftop bar looks over Hyde Park, lending a welcome (and rather rare) sense of openness in central London, while ABC Kitchen—the London outpost of the New York restaurant famed for its crab toast—brings in a high-flying food crowd.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Spicy crab in the front of the ice bath had insufficient ice.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crab
Noun
  • There are no bigger whiners in the league than LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton, who have in their minds never committed a foul and are always fouled with no call on any possession.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Patriotic Team USA wins gold as anti-America whiners flop.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of whiner
Noun
  • Fat Bear Week just passed, but if those bears simply weren’t large enough for you, don’t worry.
    — Eva Flowe October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In California, wolves, bears and mountain lions are protected by state law.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bear
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  • The financier Carl Icahn, Ackman’s longtime nemesis and business rival, famously denounced him as a self-righteous crybaby.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
Definition of crybaby
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  • Many spent their days suspended from steel cables, raised and lowered along the mountainside by hand cranks.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The engine features a flat-plane crank that Mercedes-Benz AMG said reduces rotating mass and improves revving characteristics.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of crank
Noun
  • 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
Definition of fussbudget
Noun
  • 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
  • However, this trait can appear as a stickler for perfection, precision, fusspot, formalist, nitpicker, pedantic, and fastidious.
    — Colleen Reilly, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of fusspot

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“Complainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complainer. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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