querulous
pronunciation
How to pronounce querulous in British English:
UK [ˈkwerələs]
How to pronounce querulous in American English:
US [ˈkwɛrələs, ˈkwɛrjə-]
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- Adjective:
- habitually complaining
Word Origin
- querulous
- querulous: see quarrel
- querulous (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French querelos "quarrelsome, argumentative" and directly from Late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus "full of complaints, complaining," from queri "to complain." Retains the original vowel of quarrel (n.1). Related: Querulously; querulousness.
Example
- 1. Helpfully , the party 's backbenchers are not proving particularly querulous .
- 2. The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf .
- 3. One gets unsettled , depressed , and inclined to be querulous .
- 4. Somebody is always querulous to others .
- 5. Kevin 's father tended to become querulous when he denied to get married .