Meaning of cry-baby in English

cry-baby
noun [ C ]
  informal disapproving
uk
/ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/ us
/ˈkraɪˌbeɪ.bi/
someone, usually a child, who cries a lot without good reason:
Don't be such a cry-baby - it's only a scratch.
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(Definition of cry-baby from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cry-baby

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Normally she's very childish and a cry-baby, but when needed she can be very strong-willed and dependable.
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Ritu is the innocent, cry-baby in the gang.
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But we certainly are not cry-babies, and we are not going to be cry-babies.
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They are not a second-half team, just a bunch of cry-babies.
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Translations of cry-baby

in Chinese (Traditional)
愛哭的人，動不動就哭的人（通常指小孩）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
爱哭的人，动不动就哭的人（通常指小孩）…
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in Portuguese
chorão, -ona…
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