She spoke in a querulous voice.
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Querulous
/ˈkwɛɹ(j)ələs/
Synonyms for "querulous" (121 found)
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jeremianiclamentinglamentivemalcontentmalcontentedmoanfulmournfulmurmuringmutteringnaggingnaggynervousout of humorovercriticalpeevishperversepettishpetulantpindlingpiqued
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5 entriescritical discoursedescriptive termemotional descriptornegative tonequalitative adjective
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4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesfrequent querulousnesshabitual querulousnessquerulous commentsquerulous remarksquerulous tonequerulous voice
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2 entriesmore querulousmost querulous
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2 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The President was patient, persuasive, reasonable: the General was querulous, petty and sometimes actually insulting.
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The storekeeper, Tom Jackson, is a querulous man.
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“Nay, you said as much before,” said the querulous old man, “and yet I was put forth from Kinross, and pillaged by troopers on the road.—[…]”
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