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adjective

Querulous adj.

Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. (Obs.)

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."

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

Synonyms: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.

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Etymology of 'Querulous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— 'Lizbeth of the Dale • Marian Keith

... eyes, as if he gazed feebly out of unglazed spectacles, which heightened his simian resemblance, already grotesquely exaggerated by what appeared to be repeated and spasmodic experiments in dyeing his gray hair. Without the slightest notice of Lance, he inflicted his protesting and querulous presence ...

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