whiners

noun

plural of whiner
1
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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2
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 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, 9 May 2026 Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Patriotic Team USA wins gold as anti-America whiners flop. — FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiners
  1. complainers
  2. crabs
  3. babies
  4. bears
  5. cranks
Noun
  • 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
  • However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of complainers
Noun
  • One employee pulls out crabs with a small net before letting a customer take their pick of the lot.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement On the other side of the continent, in 2020, the first green crabs were detected on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of crabs
Noun
  • Public health knowledge and guidance on this topic continues to develop, the health department said, but a measles infection increases the risk of complications for pregnant mothers and their babies.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Under the federal guidance at the time, parents of babies born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B can decide with their health care provider whether to vaccinate at birth or begin the series later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of babies
Noun
  • And Winnie-the-Pooh continues to sit, in a thoughtful sort of way, which is what very old bears in very nice glass cases mostly do.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His high-fashion clowns, bears and other quirks always deliver.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of bears
Noun
  • Many spent their days suspended from steel cables, raised and lowered along the mountainside by hand cranks.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In 2022, a group calling itself the America First SOS Coalition endorsed a slate of cranks and quacks who ran for secretary of state in 14 states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of cranks

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“Whiners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiners. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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