'Querulous' definitions:
Definition of 'querulous'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Querulous'
From: GCIDE
- 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 to murmur; as, a querulous man or people. [1913 Webster]
- Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous, exacting fondness. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied. [1913 Webster] -- {Quer"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Quer"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'querulous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoyed,
- bad-tempered,
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bemoaning,
- bitching,
- blubbering,
- cantankerous,
- carping,
- catty,
- censorious,
- choleric,
- complaining,
- complaintful,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- critical,
- criticizing,
- croaking,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- crusty,
- crying,
- disappointed,
- discontented,
- disgruntled,
- displeased,
- dissatisfied,
- dyspeptic,
- envious,
- faultfinding,
- finical,
- finicky,
- fractious,
- fretful,
- fussy,
- griping,
- grouchy,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- grumpy,
- howling,
- huffy,
- hypercritical,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- irritated,
- Jeremianic,
- lamenting,
- lamentive,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- moanful,
- mournful,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- nagging,
- naggy,
- out of humor,
- peevish,
- perverse,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- piqued,
- plaintive,
- plangent,
- puling,
- quarrelsome,
- querulant,
- rebellious,
- resentful,
- restive,
- restless,
- shrewish,
- snappish,
- sorrowful,
- sour,
- splenetic,
- sulky,
- testy,
- touchy,
- ululant,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unsatisfied,
- vixenish,
- vixenly,
- wailful,
- wailing,
- waspish,
- weeping,
- whimpering,
- whining,
- whiny