querulous
/ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs//ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/
querulous adjective: often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
Adjective
querulous (comparative more querulous, superlative most querulous)
- Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
- “Nay, you said as much before,” said the querulous old man, “and yet I was put forth from Kinross, and pillaged by troopers on the road.—[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
- "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 101
querulous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
querulous in Tamil
- குறையிடுகின்ற
querulous in Urdu
- عادتاً شکایتی, بدمزاج, چڑچڑا, جھگڑالو
querulous in Malayalam
- peevish, petulant, pettish
- അസംതൃപ്തനായ, സദാ പരാതി പറയുന്ന, സദാ പിറുപിറുക്കുന്ന, മൂർഖസ്വഭാവമായ, വഴക്കടിക്കുന്ന, മുൻകോപമുള്ള
querulous in Kannada
- ಸಿಡುಕಿನ, ಮುಂಗೋಪದ, ಬೇಗ ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಗೇಳುವ, ಜಗಳಗಂಟಿ ತನದ
Synonyms of querulous
Forms of querulous
| comparative | more querulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most querulous |
Origin of querulous
From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”).
Words formed from querulous
Questions about querulous
- What does querulous mean?
- Querulous means often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
- What is querulous in Tamil?
- Querulous in Tamil is குறையிடுகின்ற. See Querulous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is querulous?
- Querulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce querulous?
- Querulous is pronounced /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/ (UK).
Words near querulous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: querulous (page history and authors); querulous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); querulous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); querulous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); querulous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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