querulous

From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“I complain”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs/, /ˈkwiːɹ(j)ələs/

querulous (comparative more querulous, superlative most querulous)

1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.

• See Thesaurus:irritable or Thesaurus:peevish or Thesaurus:sad

• querulously
• querulousness