peevish, snappish, whiny, complaining
"I am getting increasinly irritated with your querulous manners", pointed out Lenny's husband.
Synonyms for querulous include complaining, whining, petulant, and irritable.
cantankerous*,cross, crusty, discontented, grumbling,grumpy*, ill-tempered,irascible,peevish,petulant,querulous, snappy, sulky,surly, testy
The young woman's high pitched voice as she listed her querulous and endless complaints reminded her boss of a two-year old who cannot get her way.Context clues: high pitched voice, endless complaints; comparison to a 2-yr oldPrior knowledge clues: 2-year olds whine when they don't get their way. They pout. It's annoying behavior that is to be expected from a 2-year old, but not from a young woman, especially to her boss.querulous definition - to complain in a whining, petulant manner
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Querulous:adjective:a. full of complaints; habitually complaining.b. always eager to complain.c. showing a complaining attitude.Example sentences:1. The customer gave querulous comments about the price of her products.2. "Clean up your room!" my mom said in a querulous voice.3. The customer spoke in a querulous tone when the cashier didn't give her a discount.Querulous is from a word meaning quarrelsome and now means complaining, whining, moaning, or peevishe.g. The old woman spoke in a very querulous manner, complaining about the weather, the prices, the government and everything she had contact with.
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Do you mean Querulous? If so, it means full of complaints; complaining. (Dictionary.com)
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"I am getting increasinly irritated with your querulous manners", pointed out Lenny's husband.
Synonyms for querulous include complaining, whining, petulant, and irritable.
Querulous.
Querulous means 'habitually complaining'. It comes from Middle English, querulose, and before that it comes from latin, queri, which means to complain.
latin and french
cantankerous*,cross, crusty, discontented, grumbling,grumpy*, ill-tempered,irascible,peevish,petulant,querulous, snappy, sulky,surly, testy
"Querulous" means to constantly complain or find fault, often in a whiny or petulant manner. It describes someone who is habitually discontented or easily irritated.