Definition of Querulous. Meaning of Querulous. Synonyms of Querulous

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Definition of Querulous

Querulous
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. 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.

Meaning of Querulous from wikipedia

- of justice in relation to minor grievances. In psychiatry, the terms querulous paranoia (Kraepelin, 1904) and litigious paranoia have been used to describe...
- this description is Emil Kraepelin's description from 1905 of a pseudo-querulous personality who is "always on the alert to find grievance, but without...
- outspoken, headstrong older brother, are on the dole. Their aimless, querulous existence is contrasted with Mavis's sister Barbara and her husband John...
- 1928 article in Harper’s Monthly said that misandry "distorts the more querulous of [modern] feminist arguments." The term re-emerged in men's rights literature...
- likely to be rejected by their peers and may commonly be perceived as querulous. As self-pity is observed to be ****ociated with rumination and avoidance...
- already been described by Emil Kraepelin as early as 1915 by the name querulous paranoia as a form of traumatic neuroses, explicitly demarcating it from...
- Tim Teeman in The Times described his "intonation" as "raggedy [and] querulous" in 2008, and Ann Tr****n described Peston as "excruciatingly hard to...
- Fielding, an old friend of Dot's Mrs Fielding, May's mother; a peevish, querulous old lady In July 1845, ****ens contemplated forming a periodical focusing...
- to remedy some injustice by legal action, they are sometimes called "querulous paranoia". Explaining the causes of delusions continues to be challenging...
- financial irregularities, and "the blind, bald, crippled, toothless, querulous Adams" of nepotism and monarchical ambition. He was arrested in 1798 under...