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querulous

English

Etymology

From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querul?sus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“I complain”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?kw??(j)?l?s/
  • IPA(key): /?kw??(j)?l?s/, /?kwi??(j)?l?s/

Adjective

querulous (comparative more querulous, superlative most querulous)

  1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
    • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
      The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:irritable or Thesaurus:peevish or Thesaurus:sad

Derived terms

  • querulously
  • querulousness

Related terms

Translations

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ill-tempered

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

ill-tempered (comparative more ill-tempered, superlative most ill-tempered)

  1. Synonym of bad-tempered.

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