Synonyms for querulous
ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-queru·lous

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1. querulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   lamenting, critical, huffy, irritable, fretful, grumbling, touchy, whiny, whining, bemoaning, uptight, testy, plaintive, cantankerous, bitchy, peevish

2. querulousadjective

   Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

   Synonyms:
   critical, irritable, peevish, bemoaning, fretful, testy, bitchy, plaintive, uptight, grumbling, touchy, whiny, whining, huffy, cantankerous, lamenting

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1. querulous

   Synonyms:
   quarrelsome, complaining, fretful, repining, discontented, dissatisfied, chiding, murmuring, whining, peevish, fastidious, irritable

   Antonyms:
   easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, contented, submissive, genial, complacent, cheerful, good-tempered

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1. fretful, querulous, whiney, whinyadjective

   habitually complaining

   "a whiny child"

   Synonyms:
   whiny, fretful, itchy, fidgety, antsy, whiney

   Antonyms:
   uncomplaining

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1. querulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   complaining, murmuring, querimonious, petulant, peevish, cross, dissatisfied, discontented, fault-finding

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1. querulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   peevish, fretful, petulant, discontented, fault-finding, querimonious

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1. H. L. Mencken:

   All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.

2. H.L. Mencken:

   All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.