kvetches 1 of 2

noun

plural of kvetch
1
as in complainers
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things according to the kvetch on the bus tour, there was little about Europe that was satisfactory

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2
as in whines
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment vainly hoped that his coworker would spare him another kvetch about being overworked

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kvetches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of kvetch
as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a chronically resentful person who seems to look for things to kvetch about

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kvetches
  1. complainers
  2. complaints
  3. complains
  4. babies
  5. moans
  6. whines
  7. laments
  8. screams
Noun
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of complainers
Noun
  • Asadi-Moghaddam and Seneker do not have any discipline cases or public complaints against them, according to their license verification pages on the Florida Department of Health website.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Within hours, complaints began appearing online from people who said their new phones developed cracks along the folding display.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of complaints
Verb
  • Her boyfriend Tom Arnold becomes a writer/producer and complains that someone there stole his love letters and sold out his steamy relationship with Roseanne to the National Enquirer.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Parent complains about the circumstances Lechner sent an email to the athletic director two days later asking whether a transgender student had participated in the game, and whether that student had access to the same locker room as his daughter.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of complains
Noun
  • But Halloween excess, with its pillowcases full of candy, elaborate costumes for everyone from babies to adults to dogs (and a few unlucky cats), could not be more American.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Humanoid moths and demon babies, hitchhiking ghouls, the occasional sea monster and even a suspicious phantom kangaroo or two.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of babies
Noun
  • Lori can hardly speak, relying on a young nurse who sits at her side to translate her low, pained moans.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Wails and moans of grief interspersed the chanting, until the small coffin was lowered into the grave.
    — Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of moans
Verb
  • Andrew whines about the prattling women who’ve infiltrated his home, firmly establishing that all men are, in fact, terrible.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
  • On the dashboard, radar whines – tilting higher in pitch the faster cars go.
    — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of whines
Noun
  • The other main track of Diamanda’s career is her interpretations of old standards, Gospel songs, laments, and folk tunes.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Her laments are now laced with fury, as genocidal wars and murderous technologies join global warming in the twenty-first century’s third decade.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of laments
Verb
  • Kirkland Signature Pecan Halves Nothing screams Thanksgiving like pecans.
    — Jenn de la Vega, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Video of the service captures screams erupting inside the church as worshippers ran to his side and called for help.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of screams
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