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querulous
quer·u·lous Q0026900 (kwĕr′ə-ləs, kwĕr′yə-)adj.1. Given to complaining; peevish.2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.
[Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
quer′u·lous·ly adv.quer′u·lous·ness n.querulous (ˈkwɛrʊləs; ˈkwɛrjʊ-) adj1. inclined to make whining or peevish complaints2. characterized by or proceeding from a complaining fretful attitude or disposition: a querulous tone. [C15: from Latin querulus from querī to complain] ˈquerulously adv ˈquerulousness nquer•u•lous (ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-)
adj. 1. full of complaints; carping. 2. characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: querulous demands. [1490–1500; < Latin querulus=quer(ī) to complain + -ulus -ulous] quer′u•lous•ly, adv. quer′u•lous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | querulous - habitually complaining; "a whiny child"whiney, whiny, fretfulcomplaining, complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss" |
querulousadjective complaining, cross, discontented, grumbling, peevish, critical, sour, carping, murmuring, whining, dissatisfied, irritable, touchy, petulant, plaintive, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, waspish, censorious, grouchy (informal), hard to please, fault-finding, captious a querulous male voice
contented, uncritical, uncomplaining, placid, undemanding, equable, easy to pleasequerulousadjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: crabby, mean.Idiom: out of sorts.Translations
querulous
Synonyms for querulousadj complainingSynonyms- complaining
- cross
- discontented
- grumbling
- peevish
- critical
- sour
- carping
- murmuring
- whining
- dissatisfied
- irritable
- touchy
- petulant
- plaintive
- irascible
- cantankerous
- tetchy
- ratty
- testy
- chippy
- fretful
- waspish
- censorious
- grouchy
- hard to please
- fault-finding
- captious
Antonyms- contented
- uncritical
- uncomplaining
- placid
- undemanding
- equable
- easy to please
Synonyms for querulousadj having or showing a bad temperSynonyms- bad-tempered
- cantankerous
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- disagreeable
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- nasty
- peevish
- petulant
- snappish
- snappy
- surly
- testy
- ugly
- waspish
- crabby
- mean
Synonyms for querulousadj habitually complainingSynonymsRelated Words |