Synonyms of kvetching

kvetching 1 of 2

adjective

as in complaining

Related Words

• complaining
• grumbling
• protesting
• griping
• whining
• fussing
• squawking
• uncompromising
• unforgiving
• impatient
• unyielding
• intolerant

Dissimilar Words

• patient
• enduring
• abiding
• tolerant
• accepting
• willing
• forbearing
• forgiving
• uncomplaining
• long-suffering
• indulgent
• resigned

kvetching

2 of 2

verb

present participle of kvetch

as in screaming

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

a chronically resentful person who seems to look for things to kvetch about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• whining
• moaning
• muttering
• grumbling
• bitching
• grousing
• yammering
• griping
• worrying
• whimpering
• squawking
• carping
• growling
• squealing
• murmuring
• crying
• wailing
• kicking
• nagging
• bellyaching
• hollering
• whinging
• grouching
• inveighing
• keening
• bleating
• yowling
• repining
• beefing
• caterwauling
• grumping
• fussing
• crabbing
• grizzling
• yawping
• maundering
• protesting
• croaking
• kicking up a fuss
• sobbing
• quibbling
• quarreling (with)
• fretting
• objecting (to)
• stewing
• lamenting
• blubbering
• bewailing
• bemoaning
• caviling
• deploring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• delighting
• accepting
• taking
• enduring
• tolerating
• crowing
• bearing
• cheering
• applauding
• commending
• countenancing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kvetching

Verb

Lacy has heard plenty of kvetching from breeders who believe their horses to be undervalued in the book, and thereby potentially undervalued in the sale. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

The Feos Four also spent time kvetching about Nithya Raman, who was finishing her first year on the council. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Among Oscars watchers, these absences created no small amount of kvetching about whether the Lido had lost its luster. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Pouncing, of course, is one of the eternal joys of reading, just as sports fans know no keener pleasure than that of kvetching about the players who weren’t picked for a vital game and who would have surely made all the difference. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Field’s neurotic, kvetching energy and Pullman’s drawlingly laidback presence spark off each other to amiable and spontaneous effect — enough so to show up the contrivances in the film’s secondary characters and subplots. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026