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English noun: kvetch | |||
| 1. | kvetch (person) (Yiddish) a constant complainer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
| 2. | kvetch (communication) (Yiddish) a nagging complaint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | complaint | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
English verb: kvetch | |||
| 1. | kvetch (communication) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | ||
| Samples | My mother complains all day. She has a lot to kick about. | ||
| Synonyms | complain, kick, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backbite, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, bitch, bleat, crab, croak, deplore, gnarl, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, grumble, grumble, hen-peck, holler, inveigh, lament, murmur, mutter, nag, peck, protest, rail, repine, report, scold, squawk, whine, yammer, yawp | ||
| Antonyms | chirk up, cheer up, cheer | ||
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