kvetch
Noun
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(Yiddish) a constant complainer (synset 110260618)
referred to in: yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptis a type of: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner - a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
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(Yiddish) a nagging complaint (synset 107226163)
referred to in: yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew scriptis a type of: complaint - an expression of grievance or resentment
Verb
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Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness (synset 200909100)
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"subtypes:
- hen-peck, nag, peck - bother persistently with trivial complaints
- backbite, bitch - say mean things
- grizzle, whine, yammer, yawp - complain whiningly
- croak, gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- grouch, grumble, scold - show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- protest - utter words of protest
- repine - express discontent
- beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk - complain
- inveigh, rail - complain bitterly
- bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament - regret strongly
- report - complain about; make a charge against
- bleat - talk whiningly
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