Thesaurus / querulous
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synonyms for querulous
- bearish
- bemoaning
- cantankerous
- captious
- carping
- censorious
- complaining
- critical
- cross
- crying
- deploring
- discontented
- dissatisfied
- edgy
- fault-finding
- fretful
- grousing
- grumbling
- grumbly
- huffy
- irritable
- lamenting
- out of sorts
- peevish
- petulant
- plaintive
- scrappy
- snappy
- sour
- testy
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- uptight
- wailing
- waspish
- waspy
- whimpering
- whining
- whiny
See also synonyms for: querulousness
On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to querulous, such as: bearish, bemoaning, cantankerous, captious, carping, and censorious.
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When the feeble, querulous mother died, Romarino was fifteen years of age.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDBut, though Portland was an unreasonable and querulous friend, he was a most faithful and zealous minister.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYThis consists in extending the suffrage among the querulous and suffering part of the people.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSThe human sweetness in him was half dried up, and a misanthropy, so new and alien to him, made him querulous and captious.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGMrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, has become inert and querulous from rheumatism and the burden of added years.
NEWTON FORSTERCAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYATPitt became querulous and unreasonable, and in April violently attacked the ministers, specially excepting Grafton and Conway.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTMrs. Walbridge loved her grandson; but he was a querulous, spoilt child, and at the best of times his presence was upsetting.
HAPPY HOUSEBETSEY RIDDLE, FREIFRAU VON HUTTEN ZUM STOLZENBERGThe latter snapped pudgy fingers at the querulous Mr. Mitchell by virtue of his powerful partner.
THE ONLOOKER, VOLUME 1, PART 2VARIOUSBy the laws of decorum, for instance, old men should be querulous and young boys given to sudden anger.
RHETORIC AND POETRY IN THE RENAISSANCEDONALD LEMEN CLARKI have also heard from James; he too, talks of success, but in a querulous strain.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELLWORDS RELATED TO QUERULOUS
- annoyed
- cantankerous
- captious
- caviling
- choleric
- churlish
- crabby
- cranky
- crotchety
- crusty
- disagreeable
- faultfinding
- fractious
- fretful
- grouchy
- grumpy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impatient
- irascible
- irritable
- out of humor
- peeved
- peevish
- pettish
- petulant
- put out
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- short
- snappy
- splenetic
- sullen
- surly
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
- vexed
- waspish
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