querulous
adjective
[ ˈkwɛrʊləs ]
• complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner.
• "she became querulous and demanding"
Similar:
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,
snappish,
snappy,
chippy,
grouchy,
cranky,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
like a bear with a sore head,
whingy,
whingeing,
sorehead,
soreheaded,
peckish,
snaky,
miffy,
Origin:
late 15th century: from late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus, from queri ‘complain’.
