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Synonyms for querulous
ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-queru·lous
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querulousadjective
Synonyms:
lamenting, critical, huffy, irritable, fretful, grumbling, touchy, whiny, whining, bemoaning, uptight, testy, plaintive, cantankerous, bitchy, peevishquerulousadjective
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
Synonyms:
critical, irritable, peevish, bemoaning, fretful, testy, bitchy, plaintive, uptight, grumbling, touchy, whiny, whining, huffy, cantankerous, lamenting
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
querulousadjective
Synonyms:
complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
querulousadjective
Synonyms:
peevish, fretful, petulant, discontented, fault-finding, querimonious
Words popularity by usage frequency
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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.
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- hašteřivý, fňukavýCzech
- nörglerischGerman
- quejumbrosoSpanish
- گله مندPersian
- ruikuttavaFinnish
- knarrutur, grenjuturFaroese
- gearanachScottish Gaelic
- विलापीHindi
- נִרגָןHebrew
- 短気, うぬぼれたJapanese
- querulousNorwegian
- ranzinzaPortuguese
- ворчливыйRussian
- yakınanTurkish
- hay than vanVietnamese
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