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Meanings of
querulous
in anglès
Habitually complaining.
whining
fretful
whiny
whiney
Related terms
complaining
complaintive
Usage of
querulous
in anglès
1
The question came out in the
half
-
querulous
,
half-humorous voice of Detta Walker.
2
Her father is crippled and
querulous
;
indeed he is often exceedingly irritable.
3
It is wilfully that we are
querulous
in nature, and not naturally.
4
In 1698 prosperity and security had made men
querulous
,
fastidious and unmanageable.
5
Occasionally we caught the loud,
querulous
notes of the great crested flycatcher.
6
At each move the little old lady grew weaker and more
querulous
.
7
The
querulous
squealing abruptly ceased and we stood motionless beside a tree.
8
At her door he knocked and heard her voice, low and
querulous
:
9
From the hall, a
querulous
female voice demanded, What's all that racket?
10
Purple bonnets fringed soft, pink,
querulous
faces on pillows in bath chairs.
11
The gate, flapping-to behind them, sounded like a fretful and
querulous
complaint.
12
We are
querulous
and anxious, and our interest takes a feverish turn.
13
From that subject she diverged to mildly
querulous
references to family matters.
14
Jove-like wrath had ebbed away to something deplorably like a
querulous
grumble.
15
A
querulous
voice, rough with strong feeling, came from the inner room.
16
The Countess's letter is a mixture of pious demureness and
querulous
selfishness.
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querulous
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
querulous voice
querulous tone
almost querulous
querulous cry
querulous protest
More collocations
Querulous
through the time
Querulous
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common