querulous

[US]/ˈkwerələs/
[UK]/ˈkwerələs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. prone to complaining, easily irritated, inclined to grumble.

Example Sentences

a querulous voice; querulous comments.

she became querulous and demanding.

The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf.

The querulous customer complained about the service.

She had a querulous tone in her voice.

The querulous child kept asking for more candy.

His querulous attitude made it difficult to work with him.

The querulous old man was never satisfied with anything.

The querulous tone in her email was off-putting.

Her querulous nature often led to conflicts with her colleagues.

The querulous dog barked incessantly at the mailman.

The querulous student always had something to complain about.

Despite her querulous nature, she was still well-liked by her friends.

Real-world Examples

Suddenly, however, he broke out into a sharp, querulous cry.

Source: The Sign of the Four

Her one qualification for life was rather blowsy high spirits, which turned querulous or boisterous according to circumstances.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

Six o'clock stole down too soon and rang the querulous melody of St. Anne's chimes on the corner.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

The people enjoyed sleeping in their quilts, no matter if they were a querulous person or a quiet person.

Source: Pan Pan

Should I not have sunk into lowest depths of querulous self-pity, grovelling there with eyes obstinately averted from the light above?

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse.

Source: The Sound and the Fury

Her voice was querulous, almost tearful, and I realized she had also been rehearsing an argument in her head for the entire fifty or so blocks.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Prosperity never before imagined, power never yet wielded by man, speed never reached by anything but a meteor, had made the world irritable, nervous, querulous, unreasonable and afraid.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

But Adam did not come down again; he was too weary and worn-out to encounter more of his mother's querulous grief, and he went to rest on his bed.

Source: Adam Bede (Part One)

But this presence of Dinah in his mind only helped him to bear the better with his mother's mood, which had been becoming more and more querulous for the last hour.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume 3)

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