Definitions from Wiktionary ()
|
|
▸ verb: (intransitive, chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
▸ verb: (transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
▸ verb: To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
Similar:
rebuke,
reprimand,
reproof,
have words,
berate,
dress down,
chide,
scold,
lambast,
lambaste,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
to protest,
to object,
to argue,
to complain,
to argue back,
to argue against,
to protest against,
to object to,
more...
Phrases:
▸ Words similar to remonstrate
▸ Usage examples for remonstrate
▸ Idioms related to remonstrate
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near remonstrate
▸ Rhymes of remonstrate
▸ Invented words related to remonstrate