ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsQquerulous
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querulous
Meaning: habitually complaining in a whining or irritable manner
querulous in a sentence
How querulous is used in real sentences:
The querulous passenger criticized every detail of the short flight.
A querulous murmur spread through the audience as the delay entered its second hour.
“Even allies grew querulous, complaining through long meetings about boat schedules, mosquitoes, and warning flags.”
— from the passage The Ninth Spring
“Yet he was not querulous; when discussing Venn's review, he neither whined about its cruelty nor itemized the opportunities it had cost him.”
— from the passage The Late Correction
Synonyms for querulous
Other words for querulous — complaining, peevish and fretful — carry the same meaning.
- complaining
- peevish
- fretful
Antonyms of querulous
Words that mean the opposite of querulous:
- contented
- cheerful
- agreeable
Where it comes from
From Latin queri, meaning 'to complain.'
Memory hook
QUERULOUS starts like QUERY: endless objections and complaints make a querulous voice.