Synonyms for croaker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kroh-ker

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkroʊ kər

Définition of croaker

Origin : "prophet of evil," 1630s, agent noun from croak (v.); a reference to the raven (cf. Middle English crake "a raven," early 14c., from Old Norse kraka "crow," of imitative origin).

As in frog : noun jumping amphibian

Example sentences :

There are only fools like this croaker here who see any harm in it.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

The croaker was described by Linnus, in 1766, from South Carolina.
Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall

Many a croaker turns out in the long run to be brave in the fight.
Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant

And then, for the first time since the disaster, the note of the croaker was heard.
Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon

"You were ever a croaker, good Merlin," replied Sir Launcelot.
Extract from : « In the Court of King Arthur » by Samuel Lowe

These are facts such as the united Croaker tribe can p. 210neither refute nor deny.
Extract from : « About London » by J. Ewing Ritchie

The Croaker” advises him to “buy an eye-glass and become a dandy and a gentleman.
Extract from : « In the Track of the Bookworm » by Irving Browne

Although a severe thinker you are not constitutionally a croaker.
Extract from : « The Life of Lyman Trumbull » by Horace White

What the world gets sick of is the croaker, who never ceases talking about his ailments.
Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove

The doctor was a croaker, as was the fashion of the time, with all who pretended to peculiar political sagacity.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 » by Various

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