Naches
n.joyful, kindwarm
What it means
Joy or pride felt in another person's achievements.
Reach for it when celebrating the joy and pride drawn from someone else's achievement
Her grandson's graduation filled the whole family with naches.
Choose between these
5- playful
kvelling
Yiddish-inflected exuberant pride suits the audience
not when Kvelling is the act, not the feeling itself.
- everyday
plain happiness is enough
not when Joy loses the relational achievement nuance.
- everyday
pride
satisfaction in a close person's achievement leads
not when Pride can concern one's own achievement.
- warm
shared happiness matters more than reflected credit
not when Delight does not necessarily include pride.
- formal
fulfilled hopes produce restrained satisfaction
not when Gratification can be entirely self-directed.
Said against
3- disappointment
- envy
- chagrin
It naturally appears in
3- family naches
The scholarship announcement brought the grandparents abundant family naches.
- shep naches
May the new apprentice continue to shep naches for her mentors.
- source of naches
His generous teaching became a lasting source of naches.
Where this comes from
Naches carries a specifically Yiddish cultural flavor that the plainer alternatives do not preserve.
- wiktionary, English noun, joy or pride in another person's success sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-27
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