adj. 25B6; adjective PETULANT, peevish, pettish, complaining, fractious, fretful, irritable, testy, tetchy, cross, snappish, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, miserable, moody, grumpy, bad-tempered, sullen, sulky, sour, churlish; informal snappy, grouchy, whingy; Brit. informal ratty, cranky; N. English informal mardy; N. Amer. informal soreheaded.
QUERULOUS
Meaning of QUERULOUS in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012