‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.querulousquer‧u‧lous /ˈkwerələs/ adjective formal 
‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.—querulously adverb
WORD ORIGINquerulous
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin querulosus, from queri; ➔ QUARREL1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a querulous voice
- Bech's querulous voice allows Updike to indulge in equal parts of satire and wish-fulfilment.
- Mr. Lorrimer's voice, frail and querulous, was bleating at the other end.
- That might seem to be precisely the sort of querulous argument which the Left has familiarly been scorned for posing.
- The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices.
- They go in for querulous and disputatious argument.
- To compensate, and, anxious to preserve his patriarchal status, he may become querulous and demanding instead.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY ‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
someone who is querulous complains about things in an annoying way: ‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.· Bech's querulous voice allows Updike to indulge in equal parts of satire and wish-fulfilment.· The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices.
‘But why can’t I go?’ he said in a querulous voice.—querulously adverb