querulous

«querulous» in Mova's school dictionary: Complaining in a whining, annoyed voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (querulous)

meaning for a pupil

Complaining in a whining, annoyed voice. tree →

sense in the lessons

A literary word in stories for a moaning character or voice: a querulous old man, a querulous child who is tired. It tells the reader the character complains a lot.

examples

• The querulous old man complained about the noise. tree →
• Her voice became querulous when she was tired. tree →
• The child grew querulous on the long car journey. tree →
• «Are we nearly there?» came a querulous voice. tree →
• He made a querulous remark about the food. tree →
• The querulous customer wanted his money back. tree →

note

Say: KWER-yoo-lus. Similar: whiny, grumbling. Not «quarrelsome» (always arguing), though close.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «querulous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.