take exception

Strongest matches

• hesitate
• vacillate
• waver

Strong matches

• balk
• cavil
• challenge
• combat
• complain
• deprecate
• disapprove
• dispute
• doubt
• fight
• object
• oppose
• pause
• protest
• pussyfoot
• refuse
• remonstrate
• resist
• scruple
• shy
• stick
• stickle
• strain

Weak matches

• hem and haw
• wait and see

Strongest matches

• alter
• conflict with
• contradict
• contrast
• disagree
• diverge
• modify
• vary

Strong matches

• digress
• diversify
• qualify
• reverse
• turn

Weak matches

• be distinguished from
• be off the beaten path
• be unlike
• bear no resemblance
• clash with
• depart from
• deviate from
• divaricate from
• jar with
• lack resemblance
• not conform
• not look like
• run counter to
• show contrast
• sing a different tune
• stand apart

Strongest matches

• balk
• complain
• criticize
• oppose
• protest

Strong matches

• challenge
• crab
• cross
• demur
• deprecate
• disapprove
• disavow
• discountenance
• disesteem
• dispute
• dissent
• except
• expostulate
• frown
• gripe
• grouse
• inveigh
• kick
• rail
• rant
• rave
• remonstrate
• spurn
• squawk
• storm
• tangle

Weak matches

• be displeased
• discommend
• go one-on-one
• make a stink
• mix it up with
• raise objection
• sound off
• take on

Strongest matches

• affirm
• assert
• declare
• demonstrate
• fight
• insist
• maintain
• object
• oppose
• resist
• revolt

Strong matches

• asseverate
• attest
• avouch
• avow
• blast
• buck
• combat
• contend
• demur
• disagree
• except
• expostulate
• holler
• howl
• kick
• predicate
• profess
• rebel
• remonstrate
• squawk
• testify

Weak matches

• back-talk
• be against
• be displeased by
• constate
• cry out
• inveigh against
• make a stink
• put up a fight
• say no
• sound off
• stage a walkout
• thumbs-down

Strongest matches

• argue
• bicker
• break with
• carp
• complain
• differ
• fall out
• feud
• spar
• squabble
• tangle
• wrangle

Strong matches

• altercate
• battle
• brawl
• bump
• caterwaul
• cavil
• charge
• clash
• collide
• contend
• contest
• disapprove
• dispute
• dissent
• divide
• embroil
• fight
• hassle
• row
• scrap
• spat
• strive
• struggle
• vary
• war

Weak matches

• be at loggerheads
• cross swords
• find fault
• get tough with
• have it out
• have words
• lock horns
• mix it up
• object to
• set to
• take on

Strong matches

• 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 matches

• find fault
• frown upon
• pick at
• sound off
• take issue

Strongest match

• dislike

Strong matches

• begrudge
• grudge

Weak matches

• be in a huff
• be insulted
• be offended by
• be put off by
• be rubbed wrong way
• be vexed
• bear a grudge
• feel bitter
• feel sore
• frown at
• get nose out of joint
• harbor a grudge
• have hard feelings
• object to
• take amiss
• take as an insult
• take offense
• take umbrage