Kvelling


[kvel] /kvɛl/

verb (used without object), Slang.
1.
to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one’s family.
/kvɛl/
verb
1.
(intransitive) (informal, mainly US) to be happy or show satisfaction

verb

To display pride and satisfaction; beam: The elderly couple kvell also upon making contact with a Jewish airstrip/ Hollywood agents, kissing and kvelling

[1967+; fr Yiddish, literally ”gush, flow forth”]

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