old womannoun [ C ]
uk/ˌəʊld ˈwʊm.ən/us/ˌoʊld ˈwʊm.ən/UK informal disapprovinga man who worries about matters and details that are not important:
What an old woman Dave is - he nearly had a fit because he got mud on his shoes!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nark
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- whinger
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