querulous
Prone to grumbling
Querulous describes someone who complains constantly or is habitually fretful and whining.
A querulous tone grates on listeners—it's petty grievance voiced repeatedly: His querulous objections wore everyone down.
The word suggests weakness rather than righteous anger; a querulous person seems more pathetic than powerful.
Childishly bad-tempered
- peevishHabitually fretful
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
fretful · cantankerous · irascible · fractious · crotchety · grouchy · touchy · tetchy
Prolonged nasal complaining
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- carpingTrivial persistent criticism
- faultfindingSeeking out imperfections
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
griping · moaning · caviling · criticizing · grousing · bellyaching · lamenting · protesting
petulant
Childishly bad-tempered
testy · fretful · cantankerous · irascible · fractious · crotchety · grouchy · touchy · tetchy · snappish
whining
Prolonged nasal complaining
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- carpingTrivial persistent criticism
- faultfindingSeeking out imperfections
nagging · griping · moaning · caviling · criticizing · grousing · bellyaching · lamenting · protesting · objecting
whimpering
Crying weakly, softly
bleating · whingeing · pule · tremulous · thin · reedy · high-pitched · wavering · shrill · grating
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- SAT vocabularyaesthetic, ambiguous, benevolent, candid, concise
- Q wordsquack, quail, quake, quality, quantity
- fed-upannoyed, irritated, frustrated, exasperated, had it
- irritatingannoying, aggravating, bothersome, exasperating, frustrating
querulousuncomplaining
Not expressing dissatisfaction
stoic · stoical · long-suffering · forbearing · patient
querulouscheerful
Pleasantly bright in mood
good-natured · contented · happy · good-humored · good-tempered