querulous

  • 31Querulously — Querulous Quer u*lous, a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to complain. Cf. {Cry}, v., {Quarrel} a brawl, {Quarrelous}.] 1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] land. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed …

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  • 32Querulousness — Querulous Quer u*lous, a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to complain. Cf. {Cry}, v., {Quarrel} a brawl, {Quarrelous}.] 1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] land. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed …

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  • 33querulously — querulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ complaining in a petulant or whining manner. DERIVATIVES querulously adverb querulousness noun. ORIGIN Latin querulus, from queri complain …

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  • 34querulousness — querulous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ complaining in a petulant or whining manner. DERIVATIVES querulously adverb querulousness noun. ORIGIN Latin querulus, from queri complain …

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  • 35irritable — irritable, fractious, peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, pettish, huffy, fretful, querulous apply to persons or to their moods or dispositions in the sense of showing impatience or anger without due or sufficient cause. Irritable implies… …

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  • 36quer´u|lous|ly — quer|u|lous «KWEHR uh luhs, yuh », adjective. 1. complaining; fretful; peevish; faultfinding: »a querulous remark. He is very querulous when he is sick. SYNONYM(S): petulant. 2. producing sounds as of complaining, or sounding as if uttered in… …

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  • 37quer|u|lous — «KWEHR uh luhs, yuh », adjective. 1. complaining; fretful; peevish; faultfinding: »a querulous remark. He is very querulous when he is sick. SYNONYM(S): petulant. 2. producing sounds as of complaining, or sounding as if uttered in complaint: »The …

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  • 38ὀδυρτικά — ὀδυρτικός querulous neut nom/voc/acc pl ὀδυρτικά̱ , ὀδυρτικός querulous fem nom/voc/acc dual ὀδυρτικά̱ , ὀδυρτικός querulous fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) …

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  • 39Peevish — Pee vish, a. [OE. pevische; of uncertain origin, perh. from a word imitative of the noise made by fretful children + ish.] 1. Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. Her peevish babe.… …

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  • 40Querimonious — Quer i*mo ni*ous, a. [L. querimonia a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See {Querulous}.] Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. {Quer i*mo ni*ous*ly}, adv. {Quer i*mo ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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