kvelling
Glowing with pride
Kvelling is beaming with pride, especially over someone else's accomplishment—typically a child's or grandchild's.
From Yiddish, the word carries warmth and unrestrained joy: She was kvelling over her daughter's acceptance to medical school.
The emotion suggests pride so intense it can't be contained.
Fortune or destiny
- bubbeGrandmother, in Yiddish
- menschPerson of noble character
- tsurisWorries and woes
- joyIntense positive emotion
blessing · family · tradition · warmth · endearment · affection · cultural · heritage
Smiling very broadly
- glowingGiving off steady light
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- boastingExcessive self-praise
bragging · gushing · radiating · overflowing · exulting · rejoicing · celebrating · reveling
Biological descendants produced
- childrenYoung human beings
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- descendantsThose who come after
nurturing · upbringing · maternal · paternal · heritage · lineage · legacy · milestones
Intense triumphant joy
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
exhilaration · happiness · rapture · euphoria · gratification · contentment · pleasure · mirth
mazel
Fortune or destiny
joy · blessing · family · tradition · warmth · endearment · affection · cultural · heritage
beaming
Smiling very broadly
- glowingGiving off steady light
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
boasting · bragging · gushing · radiating · overflowing · exulting · rejoicing · celebrating · reveling · basking
offspring
Biological descendants produced
- childrenYoung human beings
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- progenyOne's biological descendants
descendants · nurturing · upbringing · maternal · paternal · heritage · lineage · legacy · milestones · accomplishments
elation
Intense triumphant joy
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
glee · exhilaration · happiness · rapture · euphoria · gratification · contentment · pleasure · mirth · cheerfulness
kvellingashamed
Feeling guilt and disgrace
mortified · embarrassed · humiliated · shamed · cringing
kvellingdisappointed
Let down by outcome
crestfallen · dismayed · dejected · heartbroken · devastated