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Synonyms for querulous
ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-
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querulous(adjective)
Synonyms:
critical, lamenting, peevish, bitchy, cantankerous, plaintive, testy, uptight, bemoaning, whining, whiny, touchy, grumbling, fretful, irritable, huffyquerulous(adjective)
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
Synonyms:
lamenting, cantankerous, huffy, whining, whiny, touchy, grumbling, uptight, plaintive, bitchy, testy, fretful, bemoaning, peevish, irritable, critical
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
querulous
Synonyms:
quarrelsome, complaining, fretful, repining, discontented, dissatisfied, chiding, murmuring, whining, peevish, fastidious, irritableAntonyms:
easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, contented, submissive, genial, complacent, cheerful, good-tempered
Dictionary of English Synonymes
querulous(a.)
Synonyms:
complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
querulous(a)
Synonyms:
peevish, fretful, petulant, discontented, fault-finding, querimonious
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1783 | critical | |
#15021 | complaining | |
#20952 | dissatisfied | |
#23869 | itchy | |
#26453 | whining | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#45210 | touchy | |
#53996 | uptight | |
#61123 | bitchy | |
#62666 | whiny | |
#62710 | huffy | |
#64301 | grumbling | |
#67119 | lamenting | |
#74214 | testy | |
#77342 | murmuring | |
#78586 | plaintive | |
#91896 | fastidious | |
#94684 | discontented | |
#102853 | whiney | |
#104168 | cantankerous | |
#110941 | antsy | |
#111798 | fidgety | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#115657 | bemoaning | |
#136732 | quarrelsome | |
#166645 | fretful | |
#168881 | chiding | |
#206422 | querulous |
How to use querulous in a sentence?
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.
Translations for querulous
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- hašteřivý, fňukavýCzech
- nörglerischGerman
- quejumbrosoSpanish
- گله مندPersian
- ruikuttavaFinnish
- grenjutur, knarruturFaroese
- gearanachScottish Gaelic
- विलापीHindi
- נִרגָןHebrew
- 短気, うぬぼれたJapanese
- querulousNorwegian
- ranzinzaPortuguese
- ворчливыйRussian
- yakınanTurkish
- hay than vanVietnamese
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