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Querulous vs Crabby - What's the difference?

querulous | crabby |

As adjectives the difference between querulous and crabby

is that querulous is often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining while crabby is visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.

querulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine, whining.
  • * 1877 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
    • "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously . "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it."

    Synonyms

    * bitchy * cantankerous * critical * fretful * huffy * irritable * peevish * plaintive * testy * touchy * uptight * whiny * bemoaning * grumbling * lamenting * whining

    Derived terms

    * querulously * querulousness

    crabby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
  • crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.

    • Derived terms

    * crabbily * crabbiness * crab