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    querulous
    /ˈkwɛr(j)ʊləs/

    adjective

    • 1. complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner: "she became querulous and demanding"

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  2. 3 days ago · Definitions of querulously. adverb. in a peevish manner. synonyms: fractiously, peevishly. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Querulously." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/querulously. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. querulously.

  3. 2 days ago · In the late 1980s the sense of “having well-defined muscles” emerged as a regional variant of swollen in African American English. Rapper Ice-T used the adjective in his 1991 song “The Tower”: “And hit the weight pile / The brothers was swole.”

  4. 4 days ago · "Querulous" comes from Late Latin "querulosus", in turn derived from the verb "queri" ("to complain"). This adjective is closely related to the word "quarrel", which comes from the Latin "querella" ("complaint") through the Middle French "querele".

  5. 1 day ago · ‘Yeah, three-hundred-fifty quid mate.’ Standing in my uni’s car park, the stranger handed me the cash, and drove off in my ‘06 Renault Clio.

  6. 4 days ago · Complete answer: Let us analyze the options given to us in this question: Option (a.), 'front', refers to the side that is forward or prominent. Therefore, option (a.) is correct as its meaning is antonymous to that of the given word ‘rear’. Option (b.), ‘foreground', refers to the part of a scene that is near the viewer.

  7. 2 days ago · Every day, parents make choices and act in deliberate ways to help shape their children into people with character, respect, a sense of responsibility, motivation, and skills to help them be both successful as kids and as adults. Leading relates to this preparation.

  8. 2 days ago · After McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), Nashville (1975), and Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976), Altman then elevated Duvall to lead status opposite fellow Texan Sissy Spacek in 3 Women (1977). Duvall’s performance won several awards and made her briefly a marquee name. A small but memorable role in Woody Allen’s ...