querulous

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Her tone was querulous, her words without force.

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  1. adjective Given to complaining; peevish.
  2. adjective Expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice; querulous comments.

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  1. Middle English querulose, litigious, quarrelsome, from Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, querulous, from Latin querulus, from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin querulus, full of complaints, complaining, from queri, complain, lament: see querent.
 

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/ˈkwɛruləs/
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