querulous

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs/ UK /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/ See IPA manual

Freq #177011

Meanings

1

adj
habitually complaining

The querulous player was given a red card.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · habitually complaining fretful

Word family

Forms querulously

Etymology

From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”).

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