kvetch
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
kvetch
n 1: (Yiddish) a constant complainer
2: (Yiddish) a nagging complaint
v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or
unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot
to kick about" [syn: {complain}, {kick}, {plain}, {sound
off}, {quetch}, {kvetch}] [ant: {cheer}, {cheer up}, {chirk
up}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "kvetch":
bellyacher, complainant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker,
faultfinder, frondeur, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler,
kicker, malcontent, murmurer, mutterer, querulous person,
reactionary, reactionist, rebel, sorehead, whiner
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