Querulous
adjective
Being complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
She became querulous and demanding.
Often appears as...
- querulous tone
- querulous voice
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Being complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
She became querulous and demanding.
Often appears as...
- querulous tone
- querulous voice
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Querulous usually implies someone is irritating or difficult to please.
His querulous behavior alienated his friends.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Tone
Use 'querulous' to describe a tone full of complaints and annoyance.
The child's querulous whine echoed through the supermarket.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Warning
Describing someone as 'querulous' may signal that they're hard to interact with.
Dealing with querulous customers requires patience.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Querulous usually implies someone is irritating or difficult to please.
His querulous behavior alienated his friends.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Tone
Use 'querulous' to describe a tone full of complaints and annoyance.
The child's querulous whine echoed through the supermarket.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Warning
Describing someone as 'querulous' may signal that they're hard to interact with.
Dealing with querulous customers requires patience.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Querulous usually implies someone is irritating or difficult to please.
His querulous behavior alienated his friends.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Tone
Use 'querulous' to describe a tone full of complaints and annoyance.
The child's querulous whine echoed through the supermarket.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Warning
Describing someone as 'querulous' may signal that they're hard to interact with.
Dealing with querulous customers requires patience.
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Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.
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Nicholas Soames
British Politician
It is often quite impossible to gauge the mood of the Chamber in advance, particularly on big occasions. One moment, it is relaxed and good-humoured; at the next, it can be angry and querulous, and the House in this mood can be a formidable arena.
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Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.
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William Petty
English Economist
That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The Roman legionary is there, shaking his cap, or head, and Andy Capp is there, slouching in his signature working man's headgear.
Quote examples
Nicholas Soames
British Politician
It is often quite impossible to gauge the mood of the Chamber in advance, particularly on big occasions. One moment, it is relaxed and good-humoured; at the next, it can be angry and querulous, and the House in this mood can be a formidable arena.
Quote examples
Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
We Bengalis are querulous, arrogant, oversensitive and far, far too emotional. We cry too often and laugh too hard. We wave our passions like bright flags. Calcutta is our city.
Quote examples
William Petty
English Economist
That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.
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