Kvetch

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kvetch
       n 1: (Yiddish) a constant complainer
       2: (Yiddish) a nagging complaint
       v : 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}]


           [ant: {cheer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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