Remonstrate
61rebuke — I verb accuse, admonish, animadvert on, berate, blame, bring to book, call down, call to account, call to task, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chide, correct, criminate, criticize, disapprove, exprobrate, find fault with, judge, lecture,… …
62censure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. upbraid, chide, reprove; criticize, blame; hit, knock, pan (all sl.). n. reproof, blame, criticism, disapproval. See disapprobation, condemnation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. criticism, reproof,… …
63demur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. take exception, hesitate, object, scruple. n. objection; irresolution, delay. See doubt, dissent, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disagree, dispute, challenge; see complain 1 , object ,… …
64kick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. punt; spurn; stamp; slang, complain, gripe, bellyache, grumble. n. recoil; thrill, excitement, fun; slang, complaint, grievance, gripe. See impulse, opposition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A blow with the… …
65inveigh — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rail, protest, reproach, admonish; see censure , denounce . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. verbally attack, rail against, assail, vituperate, censure, denounce, vilify, criticize, scold, castigate, condemn, remonstrate.… …
66Deprecation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Negative request. < N PARAG:Deprecation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deprecation deprecation expostulation Sgm: N 1 intercession intercession mediation protest remonstrance PARAG:Deprecation >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V …
67Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
68monster — [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum, a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred… …
69monster — [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum, a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred… …
70bawl out — verb censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …
