What does querulous mean?

querulous means "habitually complaining".

How many syllables are in querulous?

querulous has 3 syllables: quer-u-lous. The stress falls on "quer". In IPA it is /ˈkwɛɹələs/.

What is another word for querulous?

Close synonyms include fretful, whiney, whiny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is querulous a common word?

querulous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

querulous — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
habitually complaining
“a whiny child”
Synonymsfretful whiney whiny
Similarcomplaining

Questions about querulous

What does querulous mean?: querulous means "habitually complaining".
How many syllables are in querulous?: querulous has 3 syllables: quer-u-lous. The stress falls on "quer". In IPA it is /ˈkwɛɹələs/.
What is another word for querulous?

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