querulous
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quer·u·lous
(kwĕr'ə-ləs, kwĕr'yə-) 
adj.
querulousness quer'u·lous·ness n.
adj.
- Given to complaining; peevish.
- 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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querulous
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.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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querulous
adj
Definition: grouchy, hard to please
Antonyms: cheerful, easy-going, happy
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querulous
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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categories related to 'querulous'
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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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