querulous

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

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: хле́нчещ (hlénčešt) — often complaining
• Bulgarian: опла́кващ се (oplákvašt se) — often complaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛嘮叨 /爱唠叨 (ài láodao) — often complaining
• Czech: fňukavý — often complaining
• Czech: hašteřivý — often complaining
• Faroese: knarrutur — often complaining
• Faroese: grenjutur — often complaining
• Finnish: ruikuttava — often complaining
• Galician: queixoso — often complaining
• German: nörglerisch — often complaining
• German: quengelig — often complaining
• Greek: μεμψίμοιρος (mempsímoiros) — often complaining
• Italian: querulo — often complaining
• Italian: piagnucoloso — often complaining
• Italian: lamentoso — often complaining
• Italian: petulante — often complaining
• Japanese: 短気 (tanki) — often complaining
• Latin: querulus — often complaining
• Polish: zrzędliwy — often complaining
• Polish: marudny — often complaining
• Portuguese: quérulo — often complaining
• Portuguese: queixoso — often complaining
• Portuguese: reclamão — often complaining
• Russian: ворчливый (vorčlivyj) — often complaining
• Scots: fashious — often complaining
• Scots: girnie — often complaining
• Scottish Gaelic: gearanach — often complaining
• Spanish: quejoso — often complaining
• Spanish: quejicoso — often complaining
• Spanish: quejumbroso — often complaining
• Ukrainian: скиглячий (skyhljačyj) — often complaining
• Ukrainian: нарікаючий (narikajučyj) — often complaining
• Ukrainian: жалібний (žalibnyj) — often complaining