different between kvetch vs complain

English

Alternative forms

• kvitch

Etymology

From Yiddish ???????? (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kv?t??/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -?t?

Verb

kvetch (third-person singular simple present kvetches, present participle kvetching, simple past and past participle kvetched)

1. To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.

Derived terms

• kvetcher (noun)

Translations

See also

• carping
• cavil
• nitpick
• split hairs

Noun

kvetch (plural kvetches)

1. A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

   Synonyms: kvetcher, whiner

2. An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere (“to bewail, complain”), from Latin com- (“together”) + plangere (“to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail”); see plain, plaint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Verb

complain (third-person singular simple present complains, present participle complaining, simple past and past participle complained)

1. (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
2. (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
3. To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

Synonyms

• grumble
• grouse
• grump
• bitch
• beef
• gripe
• whine
• kvetch
• moan
• whinge
• See also Thesaurus:complain

Translations

Further reading

• complain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• complain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• amplicon