querulous
full of complaints; complaining.
characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done.
Origin of querulous
1Other words for querulous
1, 2 | petulant, testy; caviling, carping, discontented |
Opposites for querulous
Other words from querulous
- quer·u·lous·ly, adverb
- quer·u·lous·ness, noun
- un·quer·u·lous, adjective
- un·quer·u·lous·ly, adverb
- un·quer·u·lous·ness, noun
Words Nearby querulous
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How to use querulous in a sentence
The querulous, interconnected pamphlets printed in seventeenth-century Europe prefigure the culture of modern blogging.
Calasso reconstruction is, in Mounts' judgment, a superbly ambitious, quirky, querulous, lyrical, and finally persuasive essay.
When the feeble, querulous mother died, Romarino was fifteen years of age.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandBut, though Portland was an unreasonable and querulous friend, he was a most faithful and zealous minister.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThis consists in extending the suffrage among the querulous and suffering part of the people.
The human sweetness in him was half dried up, and a misanthropy, so new and alien to him, made him querulous and captious.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingMrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, has become inert and querulous from rheumatism and the burden of added years.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for querulous
/ (ˈkwɛrʊləs, ˈkwɛrjʊ-) /
inclined to make whining or peevish complaints
characterized by or proceeding from a complaining fretful attitude or disposition: a querulous tone
Origin of querulous
1Derived forms of querulous
- querulously, adverb
- querulousness, noun
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