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# querulous

adjective (querulous)

«querulous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Complaining in a whining, annoyed voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x1)
- Her voice became querulous when she was tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x2)
- The child grew querulous on the long car journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x3)
- «Are we nearly there?» came a querulous voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x4)
- He made a querulous remark about the food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x5)
- The querulous customer wanted his money back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «querulous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«querulous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/querulous.html) on Mova free.