querulousadjective
uk/ˈkwer.ə.ləs/us/ˈkwer.jə.ləs/often complaining, especially in a weak high voice:
He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bleat
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
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querulously
adverb uk/ˈkwer.ə.ləs.li/us/ˈkwer.jə.ləs.li/