querulous

English

Etymology

From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“I complain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs/, /ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs/

Adjective

querulous (comparative more querulous, superlative most querulous)

1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 101:

     "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.

   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:

     The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:irritable or Thesaurus:peevish or Thesaurus:sad

Derived terms

• querulously
• querulousness

Related terms

• quarrel
• quarrelsome
• querela
• querent
• querulist
• querulity

 

Translations

often complaining

• Bulgarian: оплакващ се (oplakvašt se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛嘮叨, 爱嘮叨 (ài láodao)

• Czech: fňukavý m, hašteřivý m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: knarrutur, grenjutur
• Finnish: ruikuttava (fi)
• German: nörglerisch, quengelig
• Greek: μεμψίμοιρος (el) (mempsímoiros)

• Italian: querulo (it), piagnucoloso, lamentoso (it), petulante (it)
• Japanese: 短気 (たんき, tanki)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: querulus
• Portuguese: quérulo (literary), queixoso, reclamão (informal)
• Russian: ворчливый (ru) (vorčlivyj)
• Scots: fashious, girnie
• Scottish Gaelic: gearanach
• Spanish: quejoso (es), quejicoso (es), quejumbroso (es)