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querulous

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkwɛɹ(j)ʊləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eloqrsuuuStarts with QEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. habitually complaining

Word origin

From Old French querelos, from Late Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from queror (“to complain”).

Used in a sentence

  • “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.—[…]”
  • "But how am I to obtain such treaty?" asked Monsieur, in a querulous tone.
  • The nights were now cold, gemmed with a multitude of bright stars, uncanny with the querulous wail of coyotes and the occasional deep voices of wolves.

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