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querulous
(encz) | querulous,plačtivý adj: mamm |
querulous
(encz) | querulous,reptavý adj: mamm |
querulous
(encz) | querulous,ufňukaný adj: mamm |
Querulous
(gcide) | Querulous \Quer"u*lous\, a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr.
queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl,
Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] --land.
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2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to
murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
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Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous,
jealous, exacting fondness. --Macaulay.
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3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
tone of voice.
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Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
[1913 Webster] -- Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
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querulous
(wn) | querulous
adj 1: habitually complaining; "a whiny child" [syn: fretful,
querulous, whiney, whiny] |
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querulous
(encz) | querulous,plačtivý adj: mammquerulous,reptavý adj: mammquerulous,ufňukaný adj: mamm |
querulously
(encz) | querulously,hádavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
querulousness
(encz) | querulousness,hádavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fretful querulous whiney whiningprenominal whiny
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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Querulously
(gcide) | Querulous \Quer"u*lous\, a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr.
queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl,
Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] --land.
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2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to
murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
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Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous,
jealous, exacting fondness. --Macaulay.
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3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
tone of voice.
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Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
[1913 Webster] -- Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
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Querulousness
(gcide) | Querulous \Quer"u*lous\, a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr.
queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl,
Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] --land.
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2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to
murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
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Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous,
jealous, exacting fondness. --Macaulay.
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3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
tone of voice.
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Syn: Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
[1913 Webster] -- Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
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querulous
(wn) | querulous
adj 1: habitually complaining; "a whiny child" [syn: fretful,
querulous, whiney, whiny] |
querulously
(wn) | querulously
adv 1: in a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously,
fractiously] |
querulousness
(wn) | querulousness
n 1: the quality of being given to complaining |
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