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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Querulous" Quotes from Famous Books

... Shirley?" was the querulous greeting from the old gentleman, when he was admitted to the drawing-room. "You kept me in anguish the entire night, with your silly words. The telephone bell rang at intervals of half an hour until dawn: I may have missed some important ...

— The Voice on the Wire • Eustace Hale Ball

... of Tennyson in my pocket, which somehow settled that question, and ended the querulous dispute between me and Conscience, under the shape of the neglected and irritated Greek muse, which had been going on ever since I had commenced my walk about Athens. The old spinster saw me wince at the idea of the author of Dora and Ulysses, and tried to follow up her advantage by farther hints ...

— Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo • William Makepeace Thackeray

... be able to 'purge and live cleanly like gentlemen.' Johnson's incomparable letter (1755) rejecting Chesterfield's attempt to impose his patronage, is the familiar indication of the change. Johnson had been labouring in the employment of the booksellers, and always, unlike some more querulous authors, declares that they were fair and liberal patrons—though it is true that he had to knock down one of them with a folio. Other writers of less fame can turn an honest penny by providing popular literature ...

— English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century • Leslie Stephen

... time Beverley's ears were deaf to Oncle Jazon's querulous, whining voice, and his thoughts once more followed his wistful gaze across the watery plain to where the low roofs of the creole town appeared dimly wavering in the twilight of eventide, which was fast fading into night. The scene seemed unsubstantial; ...

— Alice of Old Vincennes • Maurice Thompson

... had a curious sense of his coming back from unknown distances and not belonging to her or to any state of things she understood. Then habit reasserted itself, and she began to think of him again with a querulous familiarity. But she had learned to hide her feelings, and as he came in she put up ...

— The Custom of the Country • Edith Wharton

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