Complainy

//kəmˈpleɪni// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to complain; peevish. informal

    "Elle's brother had been so complainy about the heat that we said he could go inside and luxuriate in all the fans."

Example

More examples

"Elle's brother had been so complainy about the heat that we said he could go inside and luxuriate in all the fans."

Etymology

From complain + -y.

More for "complainy"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.