snifflers

Cold sufferers, often

People who sniffle—making small, repeated sounds of drawing air through the nose, usually from a cold, allergies, or crying.

The word often carries mild annoyance at the sound: The snifflers in the audience made it hard to focus on the concert.

A chronic sniffler may reach for tissues constantly or simply let their nose run.

illness

allergy sufferers

Those with adverse immune responses

handkerchiefs · sneezing · coughing · mucus · nasal drip · head colds · sinusitis · rhinitis · hay fever · stuffy

derogatory

whiners

Habitual vocal malcontents

weaklings · moaners · grumblers · fussers · wimps · softies · namby-pamby · oversensitive · melodramatic · thin-skinned

emotional

weepers

Those who shed tears

whimpering · sniveling · blubbering · emotional · tissues · hankies · tearjerkers · sentimental · touched · moved

Opposites
health status

snifflersfitness buffs

Exercise-devoted people

health nuts

emotional composure

snifflersstoics

Uncomplaining hardship bearers

tough guys · hard cases · stiff upper lips · cold fish · ice queens

Family

sniffle, sniffles, sniffled, sniffler

Familiarity
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