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
  • However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • The pervasive popularity of the show and its creator will be the reason the complainers have no voice.
    — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of complainers
Noun
  • Despite high-profile billionaire departures and complaints about costs, California is pulling in more than $335 billion in venture capital — about ten times New York — fueled by an AI boom.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • City officials didn’t respond Wednesday to any of the complaints and concerns raised by the hoteliers.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of complaints
Verb
  • If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
  • The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of complains
Noun
  • Knowing that there are babies who are being assaulted right now in detention camps who don’t have a voice.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Doctors are also more likely to order the test for those at higher risk of complications from their infection, including very young babies and children, and people with weakened immune systems.
    — Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of babies
Noun
  • The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of moans
Verb
  • Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Definition of whines
Noun
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.
    — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of laments
Verb
  • Pig screams were no different from our screams.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Definition of screams
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“Kvetches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kvetches. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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