English-Thai Dictionary

querulous

ADJ ขี้บ่น  ช่าง ต่อว่า  ช่าง ติ  fretful peevish irritable ke-bon

 

querulous

ADJ ที่ อารมณ์ร้าย  ill-tempered ti-ar-rom-rai

 

querulously

ADV มี อารมณ์ร้าย  me-ar-rom-rai

 

querulousness

N ความ ขี้บ่น  การ มี อารมณ์ร้าย  dissatisfation kwam-ke-bon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUERULOUS

a.[L. querulus, from queror, to complain. See Quarrel. ] 1. Complaining or habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as a querulous man or people.
2. Expressing complaint; as a querulous tone of voice.

 

QUERULOUSLY

adv. In a complaining manner.

 

QUERULOUSNESS

n.Disposition to complain, or the habit or practice of murmuring.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUERULOUS

Quer "u *lous, a. Etym: [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl, Quarrelous. ]

 

1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs. ] land.

 

2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people. Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous, exacting fondness. Macaulay.

 

3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.

 

Syn. -- Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied. -- Quer "u *lous *ly, adv. -- Quer "u *lous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

querulous

quer u lous |ˈkwer (y )ələs ˈkwɛr (j )ələs | ▶adjective complaining in a petulant or whining manner: she became querulous and demanding. DERIVATIVES quer u lous ly adverb, quer u lous ness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus, from queri ‘complain. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

querulous

querulous |ˈkwɛrʊləs, ˈkwɛrjʊləs | ▶adjective complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner: she became querulous and demanding. DERIVATIVES querulously adverb, querulousness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus, from queri ‘complain ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

querulous

querulous adjective even the most querulous patients failed to upset the young nurse: petulant, peevish, pettish, complaining, fractious, fretful, irritable, testy, tetchy, cross, snappish, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, miserable, moody, grumpy, bad-tempered, sullen, sulky, sour, churlish; informal snappy, grouchy, cranky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

querulous

querulous adjective there'll be no rest for me with a querulous adolescent: petulant, complaining, pettish, touchy, testy, tetchy, waspish, prickly, crusty, peppery, fractious, fretful, irritable, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, on edge, edgy, impatient, bitter, moody, in a bad mood, grumpy, huffy, scratchy, out of sorts, out of temper, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, grouchy, cranky, whingeing, whingy; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal sorehead, soreheaded, peckish; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated miffy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

querulous

quer u lous /kwér (ə )ləs |-rʊləs /形容詞 ｟かたく 否定的に ｠不満の多い .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞