as in delighting
to feel or express joy or triumph
proud grandparents who kvell over every thing that their precious little darlings do
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Now Olive is delighting thousands of complete strangers, after a video of her sharing her smile went viral.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025 -
From edgy indies to blockbuster crowd-pleasers, prestige Oscar bait to experimental movies, Van Sant has spent the past 40 years delighting, surprising and confounding his audience.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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His team describes their work as meaningful and worth bragging about.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But a homeowner who nabbed a 3% mortgage in the low-interest years might still be bragging about it to the neighbors.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Kvelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kvelling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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