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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

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  • playful

    kvelling

    Yiddish-inflected exuberant pride suits the audience

    not when Kvelling is the act, not the feeling itself.

  • everyday

    joy

    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

    delight

    shared happiness matters more than reflected credit

    not when Delight does not necessarily include pride.

  • formal

    gratification

    fulfilled hopes produce restrained satisfaction

    not when Gratification can be entirely self-directed.

Said against

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  • disappointment
  • envy
  • chagrin

It naturally appears in

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  • 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.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.