querulous

(kwĕr'ə-ləs, kwĕr'yə-)
adj.

1. Given to complaining; peevish.
2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.

[Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from querī, to complain.]

querulously quer'u·lous·ly adv.
querulousness quer'u·lous·ness n.

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adjective

Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean². Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: grouchy, hard to please
Antonyms: cheerful, easy-going, happy

IN BRIEF: Continually complaining in nature.

Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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For a list of words related to querulous, see:

• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish
• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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See words rhyming with "querulous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klagende, klynkende, utilfreds

Nederlands (Dutch)
klagerig, chagrijnig

Français (French)
adj. - grincheux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mürrisch, klagend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεμψίμοιρος, παραπονιάρης, γκρινιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
querulo, piagnucoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - queixoso

Русский (Russian)
привередливый, капризный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - quejumbroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grinig, gnällig, klagande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鸣不平的, 易怒的, 发牢骚的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鳴不平的, 易怒的, 發牢騷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 투덜대는, 불평하는, 언짢은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ブツブツこぼす, 不平たらたらの, ぐちっぽい, 短気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير التشكي, غضبان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נרגן, מתלונן‬

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