remonstrate
verb (used with object)
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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He’s getting tired of his own company down there, and is remonstrating.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford