[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

querulous \quer"ulous\, a. l. querulus and querulosus, fr.
   queri to complain. cf. cry, v., quarrel a brawl,
   quarrelous.
   1. given to quarreling; quarrelsome. obs. --land.
      1913 webster

   2. apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to
      murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
      1913 webster

            enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous,
            jealous, exacting fondness.           --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous
      tone of voice.
      1913 webster

   syn: complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning;
        murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
        1913 webster -- quer"ulously, adv. --
        quer"ulousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
cry quarrel quarrelous quer"ulously quer"ulousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

querulous
     adj : habitually complaining; "a whining child" syn: fretful, whiney,
            whininga, whiny
see also:
fretful whiney whininga whiny 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

103 moby thesaurus words for "querulous":
   jeremianic, annoyed, bad-tempered, beefing, bellyaching, bemoaning,
   bitching, blubbering, cantankerous, carping, catty, censorious,
   choleric, complaining, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky,
   critical, criticizing, croaking, cross, crotchety, crusty, crying,
   disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied,
   dyspeptic, envious, faultfinding, finical, finicky, fractious,
   fretful, fussy, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling,
   grumpy, howling, huffy, hypercritical, ill-humored, ill-natured,
   ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, irritated, lamenting,
   lamentive, malcontent, malcontented, moanful, mournful, murmuring,
   muttering, nagging, naggy, out of humor, peevish, perverse,
   pettish, petulant, piqued, plaintive, plangent, puling,
   quarrelsome, querulant, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless,
   shrewish, snappish, sorrowful, sour, splenetic, sulky, testy,
   touchy, ululant, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled,
   ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, vixenish, vixenly, wailful,
   wailing, waspish, weeping, whimpering, whining, whiny

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Definition of querulous - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...querulous. One entry found for querulous.. Main Entry: quer·u·lous ... For More Information on "querulous" go to Britannica.com. Get the Top ... ..
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Thesaurus.com/querulous
...Top Web Results for "querulous". 19 entries found for querulous.. Main ... querulous. , recalcitrant, refractory, scrappy, snappish, testy, thin- ... ..
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Querulous Notes (2004)
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Querulous Notes (2002-2003)
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Definition of querulous - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...querulous. One entry found for querulous.. Main Entry: quer·u·lous ... For More Information on "querulous" go to Britannica.com. Get the Top ... ..
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Definition of Querulous from dictionary.net
...we found 1 entry for the meaning of querulous.  . Querulous \Quer"u* ... man or people.. Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, ... ..
http://www.dictionary.net/querulous, score=41, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 12:03 pm

Dictionary.com/querulous
...2 entries found for querulous.. querulous. querulous was Word of the ... querulous. adj : habitually complaining; "a whining child" [syn: ... ..
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Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: querulous
...Word of the Day for Wednesday November 22, 2000. querulous. \KWER-uh- ... Querulous derives from Latin querulus, from queri, to complain.. ... ..
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Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: querulous
...Word of the Day for Wednesday November 22, 2000. querulous. \KWER-uh- ... Querulous derives from Latin querulus, from queri, to complain.. ... ..
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