See Also: querulous(dictionary)
querulous(dictionary)

querulous (iou)



querulous adjective. L15.
[from late Latin querulosus or Latin querulus, from Latin queri complain: see -ULOUS.]
Given to complaining; full of complaints; peevish. L15.
D. Rowe Sick people can be querulous and difficult. P. Toynbee If I am ill and in pain I shall die in querulous misery.
b. Of an animal etc.: producing sounds suggestive of complaint. M17.
Expressing complaint; characterized by complaining. M16.
C. Blackwood Grumbling relentlessly in their high-pitched querulous tones. B. Bainbridge The baby.., bored and fretful, was uttering querulous little cries.
querulist noun (rare) a person who complains L18.
que'rulity noun (rare) the habit of complaining M19.
querulously adverb M17.
querulousness noun M17.