Querulous
['kwerʊləs;'kwerjʊləs] or ['kwɛrələs]
Definition
(v.) Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.
(v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
(v.) Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Quarrelsome, complaining, fretful, repining, discontented, dissatisfied,chiding, murmuring, whining, peevish, fastidious, irritable
ANT:Easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, contented, submissive, genial, complacent,cheerful, good-tempered
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Definition
adj. complaining: discontented: quarrelsome.—adv. Quer′ulously.—n. Quer′ulousness.
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Examples
- There was no querulous complaining in the words, but they were not the less touching for that. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her father was a little impatient, and a little querulous. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Phelps was still weak after his long illness, and his misfortune made him querulous and nervous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had found the old lady depressed and querulous. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I don't know,' replies Venus, who is a haggard melancholy man, speaking in a weak voice of querulous complaint, 'to what to attribute it, Mr Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But that period going by, she became querulous about the cold, and shivered and whimpered. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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