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kvetch

Best crossword clue

"Complain habitually"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /kvɛt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cehktvStarts with KEnds with H1 clues
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Definitions

  1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Word origin

From Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

Used in a sentence

  • Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is kvetching for people like me a form of truth?
  • Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the kvetching. Don’t keep us all in suspense.
  • Celebrities often kvetch about the lack of privacy and being bothered by paparazzi, but these are not life-threatening problems and they get enormous advantage as they go through life.

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