Querulous Definition

kwĕrə-ləs, kwĕryə-
adjective
Inclined to find fault; complaining.
Webster's New World
Full of complaint; peevish.
Webster's New World
Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling.
A querulous voice; querulous comments.
American Heritage

Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

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Origin of Querulous

  • Middle English querulose litigious, quarrelsome from Old French querelos from Late Latin querulōsus querulous from Latin querulus from querī to complain kwes- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Late 15th century: From Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“I complain").

    From Wiktionary

Querulous Sentence Examples

  • Her tone was now querulous and her lip drawn up, giving her not a joyful, but an animal, squirrel-like expression.

  • He passed into the next room, and the deep, querulous sounds of his voice were at once heard from there.

  • I never heard from him a querulous tone or saw a sign of irritation.

  • You ca n't go on, the querulous small voice insisted.

  • Though querulous because of his non-preferment, De Quincey tells us that "his lordship was a joyous, jovial, and cordial host."

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