Antonyms for querulousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwer-uh-luhs, kwer-yuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr yə-

Definition of querulousness

Origin : c.1400, from Old French querelos "quarrelsome, argumentative" and directly from Late Latin querulosus, from Latin querulus "full of complaints, complaining," from queri "to complain." Retains the original vowel of quarrel (n.1). Related: Querulously; querulousness.

As in dissatisfaction : noun discontent, unhappiness

Example sentences :

The querulousness with which he began the sentence melted into a rallying smile.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

Yet no weakness, no querulousness disgraced the noble close of that noble career.
Extract from : « Heads and Tales » by Various

But she roused up into querulousness at this speech of her husband's.
Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

And all this oppressed her much more than the querulousness of her stepmother's words.
Extract from : « Wives and Daughters » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

But I will not trouble the workers with the querulousness of old age.
Extract from : « The Duke's Children » by Anthony Trollope

The sentence began with dignity, but ended with querulousness.
Extract from : « The Good Comrade » by Una L. Silberrad

It does not expend itself in bravado, petulance or querulousness.
Extract from : « History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 » by Brantz Mayer

For, with a sick man's querulousness he was sometimes irritated by the ease and capability with which Augusta got things done.
Extract from : « The Hills of Desire » by Richard Aumerle Maher

She rattled on, hoping to conceal the laughter of the children next door—a favourite source of querulousness at breakfast time.
Extract from : « The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories » by E. M. Forster

The querulousness of incompetent complaining natures confesses itself almost as much as in the tones of the voice.
Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. » by Various

Synonyms for querulousness

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