Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To feel or express pride about something or someone.
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- verb intransitive To feel
delighted andproud to the point oftears .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ms. Fried said that Ms. Kagan's mother, Gloria, would "kvell," a Yiddish word that means rejoice, over her daughter's accomplishments.
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The date for the appearance of "kvell" in the English language is tricky to pinpoint exactly.
Latest Articles 2008
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We are pleased to inform you that the word "kvell" is derived from Yiddish "kveln," meaning
Latest Articles 2008
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Moms can kibitz and kvell about why their kids are such a great catch and what they're looking for in a match.
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The Jewish mom would more likely kvell over her daughter than insult her, no matter how fat she had become.
Wendy Sachs: Chinese Moms Vs. Jewish Moms: Who Is Mother Superior? Wendy Sachs 2011
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The Jewish mom would more likely kvell over her daughter than insult her, no matter how fat she had become.
Wendy Sachs: Chinese Moms Vs. Jewish Moms: Who Is Mother Superior? Wendy Sachs 2011
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We dance at her wedding, sit at her Shabbos table, kvell [share pride] about her children, laugh at her jokes, and grieve at her loss of loved ones.
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Van Meter went on to describe how capably Clinton played the crowd, cracking jokes about herself and earning big laughs, and in a later letter to Vogue, a young man would write to kvell about Clinton and take credit for having been the bellower.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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What a kvell worthy caravan of fuckery at its finest!
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Leeba Rivka decides she needs a break from the modern Orthodox, Jewish dating world in New York City, and maybe with some perspective she will eat less noodle kugel and lose five pounds (ten?), reconnect to more meaningful prayer and learn to love and kvell at everything life offers, not just her one-year-old nephew's recent achievement ( "Oy, you made in the potty, you cutie!").
Angela Himsel: Nosh, Davin, Kvell, or Eat, Pray, Love, the Upper West Side Way 2010
nfriedman commented on the word kvell
Yiddish: to beam with pride; to gloat; to exult. From German quellen, "to gush." In a sentence: "My son is a doctor AND a lawyer! I'm kvelling!"
June 3, 2009