Querulous vs Fumish - What's the difference?
querulous | fumish |
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine, whining.
* 1877 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
(obsolete) Pertaining to fumes or smoke.
* 1631 , John Smith, Advertisements , in Kupperman 1988, p. 82:
As adjectives the difference between querulous and fumish
is that querulous is often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine|whining while fumish is (obsolete) pertaining to fumes or smoke.querulous
English
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."
Synonyms
* bitchy * cantankerous * critical * fretful * huffy * irritable * peevish * plaintive * testy * touchy * uptight * whiny * bemoaning * grumbling * lamenting * whiningDerived terms
* querulously * querulousnessfumish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Notwithstanding, out of the relicks of our miseries, time and experience had brought that Country to a great happinesse, had they not so much doated on their Tabacco, on whose fumish foundation there is small stability [...].