Moaning Myrtle

Moaning Myrtle is a ghost character from the Harry Potter series—a teenage girl who haunts a school bathroom, perpetually weeping and complaining.

The name has become shorthand for someone who whines excessively or wallows in self-pity: Stop being such a Moaning Myrtle and come out with us.

Related

Hogwarts · toilet · Harry Potter · wailing · spectral · flooded · pipes · Chamber of Secrets · translucent · pearly white · sobbing · bullied · glasses · lonely · whining · U-bend · girls · pale

Categories
Opposites
emotional disposition

Moaning MyrtlePollyanna

Excessively positive person

cheerful · jovial · Nearly Headless Nick · Luna Lovegood · Little Miss Sunshine

social presence and confidence

Moaning MyrtleHermione Granger

Ginny Weasley · Luna Lovegood · queen bee · social butterfly · belle of the ball

Family

moan, moans, moaned, moaning, moaner, moaners, myrtle, myrtles

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G