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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/#m1)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «querulous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/querulous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.