bleaters
Goats and sheep
Bleaters are those who bleat—sheep, goats, or figuratively, people who complain or whine in a weak, repetitive manner.
The term often carries contempt when applied to humans: The bleaters on social media won't stop complaining about the new policy.
It suggests ineffectual protest rather than substantive action.
People who complain habitually
- whinersHabitual vocal malcontents
- gripersPeople who complain often
- moanersChronic vocal complainers
- kvetchesComplains persistently, petulantly
bellyachers · whingers · nags · carpers · faultfinders · nitpickers · fusspots · grouches
Making sheep noises
- cryingEmotional tear release
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- mewlingWeak, plaintive crying
calling · vocalizing · plaintive · keening · caterwauling · squalling · yowling · bawling
Those lacking courage
- pushoversThose easily persuaded
- doormatsThreshold foot-wipers
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
- milquetoastsTimid, unassertive people
shrinking violets · submissives · followers · conformists · sheep · lemmings · yes-men · sycophants
grumblers
People who complain habitually
kvetches · bellyachers · whingers · nags · carpers · faultfinders · nitpickers · fusspots · grouches · sourpusses
ewes
Adult female ovines
herd · woolly · baaing · pasture · meadow · shepherd · fold · grazing · barnyard · livestock
baaing
Making sheep noises
- cryingEmotional tear release
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
mewling · calling · vocalizing · plaintive · keening · caterwauling · squalling · yowling · bawling · ululating
cowards
Those lacking courage
- pushoversThose easily persuaded
- doormatsThreshold foot-wipers
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
milquetoasts · shrinking violets · submissives · followers · conformists · sheep · lemmings · yes-men · sycophants · toadies
bleatersbarkers
Aggressive sidewalk promoters
bellowers · roarers · howlers · growlers · trumpeters
bleatersthunderers
Those making deep booms
bellowers · doers · stoics · leaders · men of action