Remonstrate

Verb

 * 1)  To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
 * 2)  To object; to protest formally; to express disapproval.

Synonyms

 * demur, expostulate

Related terms

 * remonstrance
 * remonstratingly


 * remonstration
 * remonstrative


 * remonstratively

Adverbs for Remonstrate
waggishly; vainly; rudely;  incessantly; earnestly; calmly; passionately; energetically; mutinously; bitterly; tenderly; childishly; eloquently; rationally; resentfully.

Thesaurus
admonish, beef, bitch, boggle, boycott, call in question, caution, challenge, charge, combat, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest, except, exhort, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, fight, frighten off, front, holler, howl, incite, induce, intimidate, inveigh against, issue a caveat, kick, kick against, kid out of, make a stand, march, meet head-on, move, object, offer resistance, oppose, persuade, picket, preach, press objections, prompt, protest, raise a howl, rally, recalcitrate, reluct, resist, revolt, scruple, show fight, sit in, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, strike, strive against, talk out of, teach in, unpersuade, urge, warn, withstand, yell bloody murder