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81kick — 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… …
82refuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trash, truck, rubbish, waste, leavings, garbage. See uselessness. v. See refusal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rubbish, litter, waste, leavings; see trash 1 , 3 . v. Syn. decline, reject, repudiate, deny,… …
83squawk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cry, call, scream, screech; informal, complain, kick (sl.), gripe (sl.), grouse (sl.). n. outcry, squeak, croak, caw, screech. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cackle, crow, yap; see cry 3 .… …
84unwillingness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indisposition Nouns unwillingness, indisposition, disinclination, aversion, dislike; nolleity, nolition, renitence; reluctance; indocility, obstinacy, noncompliance, refusal; scrupulousness,… …
85remonstrate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. protest, expostulate, demur, criticize, find fault, pick flaws, animadvert, censure, scold, nag, deprecate, recriminate, decry, frown upon, disparage, disapprove, object, argue, reason with; see also complain 1 , object ,… …
86demure — [14] Etymologically, someone who is demure is quiet and settled, not agitated. The word comes from demore, the past participle of Old French demorer ‘stay’ (source of English demur), and so semantically is a parallel formation to staid. One of… …
87demurrage — 1640s, from O.Fr. demorage, from demorer (see DEMUR (Cf. demur)) …
88demurrer — legal pleading, 1530s, from Anglo Fr. demurrer, O.Fr. demorer to delay, retard (see DEMUR (Cf. demur)) …
89accede — acquiesce, *assent, consent, agree, subscribe Analogous words: concur, cooperate (see UNITE): *yield, submit, defer, relent: allow, permit, *let Antonyms: demur Contrasted words: *decline, refuse, reject, spurn: shy, stickle, stick, strain, balk… …
90scruple — n demur, *qualm, compunction Analogous words: *hesitation, hesitancy: doubt, *uncertainty, suspicion, mistrust: misgiving, *apprehension scruple vb *demur, bal …
