remonstrate

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
2. verb Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
3. verb To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
4. verb To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

Similar words

have words reprimand reproof rebuke chide dress down lambaste berate chew out point out

Often followed by

with against and to in on or that about

Word family

remonstrated remonstrates remonstrating remonstration remonstrations remonstrative remonstratively remonstrator remonstrators