different between querulous vs quacking

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

English

Verb

quacking

1. present participle of quack
   • 1839: Edward Charlesworth, Magazine of Natural History

     The usual note emitted by this genus is a kind of tremulous querulous bark, not very unlike the quacking voice of a duck. Although all our larger squirrels […]

Adjective

quacking (comparative more quacking, superlative most quacking)

1. Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.

Noun

quacking (plural quackings)

1. The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.

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