querulous
11querulous — adjective Etymology: Middle English querelose, from Latin querulus, from queri to complain Date: 15th century 1. habitually complaining 2. fretful, whining < a querulous voice > • querulously adverb • querulousness noun …
12querulous — quer|u|lous [ kwerələs ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY a querulous person complains often and in a way that annoys other people …
13querulous — adjective formal complaining all the time in an annoying way: “But why can t I go?” he said in a querulous tone. querulously adverb querulousness noun (U) …
14querulous — UK [ˈkwerʊləs] / US [ˈkwerələs] adjective mainly literary a querulous person complains often and in a way that annoys other people …
15querulous — quer•u•lous [[t]ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə [/t]] adj. 1) full of complaints; carping 2) characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: querulous demands[/ex] • Etymology: 1490–1500; < L querulus=quer(ī) to complain + ulus ulous quer′u•lous•ly,… …
16querulous — /ˈkwɛrələs / (say kweruhluhs) adjective 1. full of complaints; complaining. 2. characterised by, or uttered in, complaint; peevish: a querulous tone. {Latin querulus} –querulously, adverb –querulousness, noun …
17querulous — adjective Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining. There are no crimes and no criminals in these days, he said, querulously. What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to …
18querulous — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, annoyed, bad tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bemoaning, bitching, blubbering, cantankerous, carping, catty, censorious, choleric, complaining, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, critical, criticizing,… …
19querulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whining, complaining, fretful, petulant, peevish. See lamentation, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fretful, irascible, peevish, complaining; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …
20querulous — see QUARREL …
