Category:Querulous

Quer"u*lous, a. Etym: [l. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to Complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl, quarrelous.]

1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [obs.] land.

2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, A querulous man or people. Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous, exacting Fondness. Macaulay.

3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of Voice.

Syn. -- complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; Discontented; dissatisfied. -- quer"u*lous*ly, adv. -- quer"u*lous*ness, n.