Ornery and Querulous

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Ornery adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.

Usage example: an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off his lawn

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Querulous and ornery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Querulous" instead an adjective "Ornery".

Querulous adjective - Given to complaining a lot.

Usage example: car trips that were frequently spoiled by a couple of querulous passengers in the back

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Ornery and querulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ornery" instead an adjective "Querulous".

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