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Chronic complainer
Answer for the clue "Chronic complainer ", 6 letters:
kvetch
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) a constant complainer (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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything. 2 An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine. vb. To whine or complain, often needlessly.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to complain, whine," 1953 (implied in kvetching ), from Yiddish kvetshn , literally "squeeze, press," from German quetsche "crusher, presser." As a noun, from 1936 as a term of abuse for a person.
Usage examples of kvetch.
Americans, liberals prattle on and on about the right to dissent as the true mark of patriotism and claim their unrelenting kvetching is a needed corrective to jingoism.