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QUETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quetch mean? 

QUETCH (verb)
  The verb QUETCH has 1 sense:

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappinessplay

  Familiarity information: QUETCH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUETCH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off

Context example:

She has a lot to kick about

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quetch"):

hen-peck; nag; peck (bother persistently with trivial complaints)

backbite; bitch (say mean things)

grizzle; whine; yammer; yawp (complain whiningly)

croak; gnarl; grumble; murmur; mutter (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath)

grouch; grumble; scold (show one's unhappiness or critical attitude)

protest (utter words of protest)

repine (express discontent)

beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk (complain)

inveigh; rail (complain bitterly)

bemoan; bewail; deplore; lament (regret strongly)

report (complain about; make a charge against)

bleat (talk whiningly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


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