29 August 2017
querulous
[kwer-uh-luh s, kwer-yuh-]
adjective
1. full of complaints; complaining.
2. characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish:
a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done.
Origin of querulous
Latin
1490-1500; Latin querulus, equivalent to quer(ī) to complain + -ulus -ulous
Related forms
querulously, adverb
querulousness, noun
unquerulous, adjective
unquerulously, adverb
unquerulousness, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. petulant, testy; caviling, carping, discontented.
Antonyms
1. contented.
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Examples from the Web for querulous
Contemporary Examples
The querulous, interconnected pamphlets printed in seventeenth-century Europe prefigure the culture of modern blogging.
Social Media is So Old Even the Romans Had It
Nick Romeo
October 25, 2013
Calasso reconstruction is, in Mounts’ judgment, a superbly ambitious, quirky, querulous, lyrical, and finally persuasive essay.
The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard
April 7, 2010
Historical Examples
And on his countenance there was a sour, querulous, resentful expression.
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A querulous, high-pitched voice, quavering with the palsy of extreme age.
The Slave Of The Lamp
Henry Seton Merriman
But the children had no awe of the gambler, and their protests were many and querulous.
The Twins of Suffering Creek
Ridgwell Cullum
For the moment, however, Mr. Mix was querulous rather than defensive.
Rope
Holworthy Hall
At this moment a querulous, broken voice comes to them from some inner room.
Molly Bawn
Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
I have also heard from James; he too, talks of success, but in a querulous strain.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
“I have been down to the village looking for you,” he said, in a querulous tone.
The Hand in the Dark
Arthur J. Rees
On his face was an expression of querulous surprise as he reeled to the fall.
The House of Pride
Jack London
Today’s quote
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares.
– Henri Nouwen
On this day
29 August 29AD – John the Baptist beheaded.
29 August 1991 – the Supreme Soviet of the USSR suspends the Communist Party. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.
29 August 2001 – death of Graeme ‘Shirley’ Strachan, in a helicopter crash near Maroochydore, Queensland. Lead singer of Australian band, Skyhooks. Born 2 January 1952.
29 August 2005 – Hurricane Katrina strikes southeastern United States with wind speeds reaching 280km/h. New Orleans is one of the worst hit areas. At least 1,836 people died in the storm and subsequent flooding.
29 August 2012 – Hurricane Isaac strikes southeastern United States with wind speeds reaching 130km/h, making landfall in Louisiana, leaving at least 400,000 houses in New Orleans without power.