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querulous

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quer⋅u⋅lous

  [kwer-uh-luhs, kwer-yuh-]
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–adjective
1. full of complaints; complaining.
2. characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done.
Origin:
1490–1500; < L querulus, equiv. to quer(ī) to complain + -ulus -ulous

Related forms:
quer⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb
quer⋅u⋅lous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. petulant, testy; caviling, carping, discontented.

Antonyms:
1. contented.
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quer·u·lous   (kwěr'ə-ləs, kwěr'yə-)   
adj.  

  1. Given to complaining; peevish.

  2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.


[Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
quer'u·lous·ly adv., quer'u·lous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

querulous 
c.1500, from O.Fr. querelos, from L.L. querulosus, from L. querulus "full of complaints, complaining," from queri "to complain." Retains the original vowel of quarrel (1).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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