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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to
        murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous,
              jealous, exacting fondness.           --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
        tone of voice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
          murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
          [1913 Webster] -- Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. --
          Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     2. 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.           --Macaulay.
  
     3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
        tone of voice.
  
     Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
          murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied. --
          Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Quer"u*lous*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  querulous
       adj : habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: fretful, whiney,
              whining(a), whiny]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     Αγγλικά a.
     παραπονιάρης, γκρινιάρης, μεμψίμοιρος, κλαψομούνης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     a.
     Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fret,
  whine.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     a.
     Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fret,
  whine.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     a.
     Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fret,
  whine.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     a.
     Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fret,
  whine.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     Englanti a.
     valittaa, joka valittaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  querulous
     Engelska a.
     kverulantisk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  متشكي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  querulous //ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs// 
  оплакващ се
  often complaining

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/ 
  ufňukaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/ 
  reptavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/ 
  plačtivý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  quengelig, querulierend 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  
  μεμψίμοιρος, γκρινιάρης

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  querulous //ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs// 
  ruikuttava
  often complaining

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/ 
  1. झगड़ालू
        "She is a very querulous woman."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  mrgodan, mrzovoljan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  1. siránkozó
  2. panaszkodó
  3. nyafogó

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  querulous //ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs// //ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs// 
  短気
  often complaining

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  querulous /ˈkwerjʊləs/ 
    swarliwy

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  querulous /kwˈɜːjʊləs/
  1. sikâyetci, titiz, bir şeyi beğenmez, ters huylu, söylenen. querulously  sikayet edercesine. querulousness  şikayetçilik, söylenme huyu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkwɛɹəɫəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 鸣不平的,发牢骚的,易怒的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 鸣不平的,发牢骚的,易怒的

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