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kvell

UK/kvɛl/

kvell verb: to feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.

Verb

kvell (third-person singular simple present kvells, present participle kvelling, simple past and past participle kvelled)

  1. (US, intransitive, slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
    • ‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell, ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 4

kvell meaning in Bengali

kvell in Bengali

অহংকার করা, উল্লাস করা

Forms of kvell

third-person singular presentkvells
present participlekvelling
past participlekvelled
pastkvelled

Origin of kvell

From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).

Words that rhyme with kvell

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Questions about kvell

What does kvell mean?
Kvell means to feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
What is kvell in Bengali?
Kvell in Bengali is অহংকার করা, উল্লাস করা. See Kvell meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is kvell?
Kvell is a verb.
How do you pronounce kvell?
Kvell is pronounced /kvɛl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of kvell?
The past tense of kvell is kvelled.

Words near kvell in the dictionary

  1. Kvasyliv
  2. KVCD
  3. KVDT
  4. KVDT2
  5. KVDTP
  6. kvell
  7. kvelled
  8. kvelling
  9. kvells
  10. Kvemo Kartli
  11. Kven

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kvell (page history and authors); kvell (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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