kvetchy

British  

/ ˈkvɛtʃɪ /

adjective

1. slang tending to grumble or complain; complaining

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Other Word Forms

• kvetchily adverb
• kvetchiness noun

Example Sentences

In “The Life,” his 2016 play starring David Hyde Pierce at New York’s Playwrights Horizons, the protagonist drops dead unexpectedly, transforming kvetchy comedy into clinical postmortem.

From Los Angeles Times

He described a partly gentrified tableau, “like a Woody Allen movie” with “kvetchy” sellers and buyers.

From New York Times

She describes herself as “kvetchy and blue,” but she owns it, one day, one sniffle at a time.

From Washington Post

The latter are for dabblers, like me, who get kvetchy when an outdoor activity starts to eat into the dinner hour.

From New York Times

The lunacy of their complaint – “This program is a nightmare – but not enough people are being helped by it!” – is like the old joke about the kvetchy restaurant patron who complains the food is terrible, and the portions are too small.

From Salon