querulous 音标拼音: [kw'ɛrələs]
a . 鸣不平的,发牢骚的,易怒的
鸣不平的,发牢骚的,易怒的
querulous adj 1 :
habitually complaining ; "
a whiny child " [
synonym : {
fretful },
{
querulous }, {
whiney }, {
whiny }]
Querulous \
Quer "
u *
lous \,
a . [
L .
querulus and querulosus ,
fr .
queri to complain .
Cf . {
Cry },
v ., {
Quarrel }
a brawl ,
{
Quarrelous }.]
1 .
Given to quarreling ;
quarrelsome . [
Obs .] --
land .
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2 .
Apt to find fault ;
habitually complaining ;
disposed to murmur ;
as ,
a querulous man or people .
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Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous ,
jealous ,
exacting fondness . --
Macaulay .
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3 .
Expressing complaint ;
fretful ;
whining ;
as ,
a querulous tone of voice .
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Syn :
Complaining ;
bewailing ;
lamenting ;
whining ;
mourning ;
murmuring ;
discontented ;
dissatisfied .
[
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Quer "
u *
lous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Quer "
u *
lous *
ness },
n .
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103 Moby Thesaurus words for "
querulous ":
Jeremianic ,
annoyed ,
bad -
tempered ,
beefing ,
bellyaching ,
bemoaning ,
bitching ,
blubbering ,
cantankerous ,
carping ,
catty ,
censorious ,
choleric ,
complaining ,
complaintful ,
crabbing ,
crabby ,
cranky ,
critical ,
criticizing ,
croaking ,
cross ,
crotchety ,
crusty ,
crying ,
disappointed ,
discontented ,
disgruntled ,
displeased ,
dissatisfied ,
dyspeptic ,
envious ,
faultfinding ,
finical ,
finicky ,
fractious ,
fretful ,
fussy ,
griping ,
grouchy ,
grousing ,
growling ,
grumbling ,
grumpy ,
howling ,
huffy ,
hypercritical ,
ill -
humored ,
ill -
natured ,
ill -
tempered ,
irascible ,
irritable ,
irritated ,
lamenting ,
lamentive ,
malcontent ,
malcontented ,
moanful ,
mournful ,
murmuring ,
muttering ,
nagging ,
naggy ,
out of humor ,
peevish ,
perverse ,
pettish ,
petulant ,
piqued ,
plaintive ,
plangent ,
puling ,
quarrelsome ,
querulant ,
rebellious ,
resentful ,
restive ,
restless ,
shrewish ,
snappish ,
sorrowful ,
sour ,
splenetic ,
sulky ,
testy ,
touchy ,
ululant ,
unaccepting ,
unaccommodating ,
uneasy ,
unfulfilled ,
ungratified ,
unhappy ,
unsatisfied ,
vixenish ,
vixenly ,
wailful ,
wailing ,
waspish ,
weeping ,
whimpering ,
whining ,
whiny
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