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Definition of Querulous
1. Adjective. Habitually complaining. "A whiny child"
Similar to: Complaining, Complaintive
Derivative terms: Fretfulness, Querulousness, Whine, Whine
Definition of Querulous
1. a. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.
Definition of Querulous
1. Adjective. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Querulous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Querulous
Literary usage of Querulous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"I. querulous. Not once, as now, complaining, but quarrelsome ; perhaps ...
Not querulous or clamorous in his discourse; ' He shall not strive nor cry, ..."
2. Psyche: A Concise and Easily Comprehensible Treatise on the Elements of by Max Talmey (1910)
"querulous insanity is based on a defect in the feeling ... The querulous idiot,
however, does not feel his errors. Even after they have been clearly and ..."
3. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... and querulous eloquence. Ever quick to fpy, and fad to lament their TROUBLESOME
grievances, our people never find either their climate, their women, ..."
4. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"querulous, UNEASY, TROUBLESOME, IRRATIONALLY COMPLAINING. ... which is above all
others eminent for fretful complaints, and querulous eloquence. ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"We make these remarks neither in a captious nor querulous spirit. With all these
objections, we repeat, ..."
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