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querulous

adjective
🔊/ˈkwerələs/
🔊/ˈkwerələs/
 (formal, disapproving)
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  1. complaining; showing that you are annoyed抱怨的；显得恼怒的 synonym peevish
    • He complained in a querulous voice about having been woken up.他以微弱的声音抱怨被唤醒。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus, from queri ‘complain’.