Übersetzungen für „querulous“ im Englisch » Deutsch-Wörterbuch

queru·lous [ˈkwerʊləs, Am -rjəl-] ADJ

1. querulous (peevish):

querulous

missmutig

querulous

übellaunig

querulous

gereizt

querulous

unleidlich veraltend

in a querulous voice

in gereiztem Ton

2. querulous (complaining):

querulous

nörg[e]lig

querulous

queng[e]lig ugs

querulous

A a. raunzend ugs

querulous

ständig jammernd [o. lamentierend]

a querulous child/old man

ein quengeliges [o. A bes raunzendes] Kind/nörgeliger [o. A bes raunzender] alter Mann

a querulous person

ein Querulant/eine Querulantin

Beispiele aus dem PONS Wörterbuch (redaktionell geprüft)

in a querulous voice

in gereiztem Ton

a querulous person

ein Querulant/eine Querulantin

a querulous child/old man

ein quengeliges [o. A bes raunzendes] Kind/nörgeliger [o. A bes raunzender] alter Mann

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Englisch

If one thing is certain to spoil an otherwise glorious meal, it is the querulous, whiny voice of a fractious child at a nearby table.

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Managing expectations is particularly important, and particularly difficult, when faced with a querulous litigant.

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Yet one thing may unite the querulous factions - the belief that history has not been fair to their notorious ancestor.

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His father was a failed bookseller who found his querulous wife an intolerable penance.

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A very grumpy and querulous person, she was originally a thief.

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These days it's an imaginary querulous student who refuses to believe there are reasons we use punctuation.

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At one moment, the imperious ruler, then suddenly the querulous lover.

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A week later came a rather more querulous call that the coolers were leaking again with the implication that the coolers were defective.

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They are the opposite of sultanistic regimes: hard to establish, internally complex and querulous -- but enduring.

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But he soon wearied of their society, and wore their kindness thin by his querulous peevishness.

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