All 3 Uses of
querulous
in
David Copperfield
- As to deploring her misfortunes, she appeared to have entirely lost the recollection of ever having had any. ... Querulousness was out of the question. I did not even observe her voice to falter, or...
Chpt 31-33 *querulousness = complaining
- His Chinese house is by the fire; and he lies within it, on his bed of flannel, querulously trying to sleep.†
Chpt 52-54
- Who is this bent lady, supporting herself by a stick, and showing me a countenance in which there are some traces of old pride and beauty, feebly contending with a querulous, imbecile, fretful wandering of the mind?†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(querulous) habitually complaining -- especially in a high-pitched whiny voice