What is the difference between fretful and querulous?
fretful | querulous |
irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish
* 1909:
unable to relax; fidgety or restless
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine, whining.
* 1877 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Querulous is a synonym of fretful.
As adjectives the difference between fretful and querulous
is that fretful is irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish while querulous is often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.fretful
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Alternative forms
* fretfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful , childish whine muffled by passing through walls.
Anagrams
*querulous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously . "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it."