querulous

quer·u·lous  (kwr-ls, kwry-)

adj.

1. Given to complaining; peevish.

2. Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.

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[Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from quer, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]

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queru·lous·ly adv.

queru·lous·ness n.

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querulous [ˈkwɛrʊləs ˈkwɛrjʊ-]

adj

1. inclined to make whining or peevish complaints

2. characterized by or proceeding from a complaining fretful attitude or disposition a querulous tone

[from Latin querulus from querī to complain]

querulously  adv

querulousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

querulous - habitually complaining; "a whiny child" whiney, whiny, fretful complaining, complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss"

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querulous

adjective complaining, cross, discontented, grumbling, peevish, critical, sour, carping, murmuring, whining, dissatisfied, irritable, touchy, petulant, plaintive, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, waspish, censorious, grouchy (informal), hard to please, fault-finding, captious a querulous male voice
contented, uncritical, uncomplaining, placid, undemanding, equable, easy to please

Translations

querulous [ˈkwerʊləs] ADJ → quejumbroso

querulous [ˈkwɛrjʊləs ˈkwɛrʊləs] adj [person] → récriminateur/trice; [voice] → plaintif/ive

querulous

adj → nörglerisch, missmutig; a querulous person → ein Querulant m, → eine Querulantin

querulous [ˈkwɛrʊləs] adj → querulo/a