How would you use querulous in a sentence?

Answer 1

Querulous:

adjective:

a. full of complaints; habitually complaining.

b. always eager to complain.

c. showing a complaining attitude.

Example sentences:

1. The customer gave querulous comments about the price of her products.

2. "Clean up your room!" my mom said in a querulous voice.

3. The customer spoke in a querulous tone when the cashier didn't give her a discount.

Querulous is from a word meaning quarrelsome and now means complaining, whining, moaning, or peevish

e.g. The old woman spoke in a very querulous manner, complaining about the weather, the prices, the government and everything she had contact with.

Answer 2

querulous is from a word meaning quarrelsome and now means complaining, whingeing, moaning eg The old woman spoke in a very querulous manner, complaining about the weather, the prices, the government and everything she had contact with.

Answer 3

Querulous is a synonym for whiny. The word also shares an origin with the word argument. An example of a sentence using the word querulous is, you can't have your way all the time, so there is no need to querulous.

Answer 4

Querulous comes from the Latin words querulosusand querulus.

The word querulous does not come from the same root as query.

Answer 5

Irritable, prone to argument