querulous

adj

Etymology: From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”).

1. Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

   ““Nay, you said as much before,” said the querulous old man, “and yet I was put forth from Kinross, and pillaged by troopers on the road.—[…]””

   “"But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.”