querulous adj : habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: fretful, whiney, whining(a), whiny]

English

Pronunciation

/quer"u*lous/

Adjective

1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

Translations

Synonyms

• bitchy
• cantankerous
• critical
• fretful
• huffy
• irritable
• peevish
• plaintive
• testy
• touchy
• uptight
• whiny
• bemoaning
• grumbling
• lamenting
• whining

Derived terms

• querulously
• querulousness

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