crybaby

«crybaby» in Mova's school dictionary: someone, especially a child, who cries or complains… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a crybaby, crybabies; also cry-baby)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, unkind) A crybaby is someone, especially a child, who cries or complains easily over small things. tree →

2) (informal) An adult who moans when things do not go their way. tree →

sense in the lessons

A playground taunt; in stories it tells the reader someone is being teased for crying. In PSHE lessons, it is a word that can hurt: everyone cries sometimes. Phrases: «don't be a crybaby», «called him a crybaby».

examples

• The older boys called him a crybaby, which was mean. tree →
• «Stop being a crybaby,» said his sister, but he really was hurt. tree →
• The footballer acted like a crybaby when the referee gave a foul. tree →
• It's okay to cry; it doesn't make you a crybaby. tree →
• The toddler is not a crybaby; she's just tired. tree →
• Calling someone a crybaby is a kind of teasing. tree →

note

Plural «crybabies». Informal and unkind; better not to call people this. Spelt crybaby (US) or cry-baby (UK).

In the corpora

• "plaksa" means crybaby; it is unkind, especially to someone really upset.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crybaby» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.