remonstrate
Verb
- argue in protest or opposition
- present and urge reasons in opposition
- censure severely or angrily
- To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
- Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
- To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
- To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
Origin / Etymology
From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.
Synonyms
bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, point out, rag, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, demur, expostulate
Scrabble Score: 13
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