bellyacher
- noun
- /ˈbɛliˌɑkər/
- Informal
:
quejica
- I can't stand being around that bellyacher who always finds something to whine about.
Examples
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Yeah, tell us why we'd want a bellyacher in our club.
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He's such a bellyacher; he complains about everything, from the weather to the food.
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Whenever we discuss plans, Mark turns into a bellyacher and criticizes every suggestion.
Synonyms
41
3.7
A person who cries or complains too easily
23
4.3
A person who complains a lot about small things in an annoying way
14
5.2
A person who is often bad-tempered and complains
11
2.8
A person who often says they are unhappy about things
10
6.7
A person who complains often in an annoying way
1
7.8
A person who speaks loudly and angrily and complains a lot
1
5.5
A person who complains a lot about small things
1
9.9
A person who often complains about small things
1
5.3
A person who often complains about small things
1
8.4
A person who often complains about many things
1
8.4
A person who complains a lot about small things
1
9.9
A person who often whines and complains in an annoying way
1
9.1
A person who often complains in an annoying way
1
6.5
A person who often complains about small, unimportant things
1
8.4
A person who complains a lot about small things
1
9.9
A person who complains in a weak, cowardly way
A person who often complains about small, unimportant things
A person who keeps complaining or criticizing in an annoying way
A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things
A person who often says they are unhappy and finds fault with many small things
A woman or girl who often says she is unhappy about small things
A person who always complains in an annoying way
How Complaining
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bellyacher comes from belly and ache, where belly means 'stomach' and ache means 'pain', and the ending -er makes it a person. So, a bellyacher is someone who complains a lot, as if they always have a bellyache.