Querulous

Adjective

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

Adverbs for Querulous
hatefully; uneasily; restlessly; exceptionally; habitually; extremely; insufferably; disagreeably; pitiably; pitifully; endlessly; crabbedly; morosely; moodily; lonesomely; unhappily; perversely; crossly; sulkily; understandably; helplessly.

Thesaurus
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, Jeremianic, annoyed, bad-tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bemoaning,

Etymology
Late 15th century: From late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus, from queri (to complain).

Synonyms
bitchy; cantankerous; critical; fretful; huffy; irritable; peevish; plaintive; testy; touchy; uptight; whiny; bemoaning;grumbling; lamenting; whining.

Derived terms
querulously; querulousness

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ruikuttava
 * German:
 * Japanese: 短気な(たんきな, tankina)


 * Russian: ворчливый
 * Scots: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gearanach