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remonstrate

[ri-mon-streyt] / rɪˈmɒn streɪt /
VERB
argue against
Synonyms
STRONG
animadvert blame censure challenge combat complain criticize decry demur deprecate disapprove disparage dispute dissent except expostulate fight inveigh kick nag object oppose protest rain recriminate resist scold withstand
WEAK
find fault frown upon pick at sound off take exception take issue
Antonyms
STRONG
accept agree allow applaud approve commend compliment concur consent endorse exalt flatter go along laud praise sanction support surrender yield
WEAK
concede give in

Example Sentences

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Despite its military prowess, Sparta lacked strategic depth; its king, Archidamus II, therefore urged his countrymen to remonstrate with the Athenians, to buy time while recruiting other distant powers to their side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Norway forward Haaland was one of several City players to remonstrate with Hooper.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

Ten Hag appeared to accept he was wrong to remonstrate.

From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2023

The article’s sensational headline read, “Raving Private Ryan! Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson remonstrate with a red carpet staffer as they attend the 76th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Asteroid City.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

We began to remonstrate; but he walked away, calling orders, and we heard Olakunde’s drum bidding us fall in.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson