remonstrate

American  

[ri-mon-streyt] / rɪˈmɒn streɪt /

verb (used with object)

remonstrated, remonstrating

1. to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.

2. Obsolete. to show.

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verb (used without object)

remonstrated, remonstrating

1. to present reasons in complaint; plead in protest.

   Synonyms:

   expostulate, object, argue

remonstrate British  

/ ˈrɛmənˌstreɪt, rɪˈmɒnstrətɪv /

verb

1. to argue in protest or objection

   to remonstrate with the government

2. archaic to show or point out

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Other Word Forms

• remonstratingly adverb
• remonstration noun
• remonstrative adjective
• remonstratively adverb
• remonstrator noun
• unremonstrated adjective
• unremonstrating adjective
• unremonstrative adjective

Etymology

Origin of remonstrate

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin remōnstrātus (past participle of remōnstrāre to exhibit, demonstrate), equivalent to re- re- + mōnstrā ( re ) to show + -tus past participle suffix; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

He was allowed to have treatment at the changeover, leaving Zverev furious and angrily remonstrating with officials.

From Barron's

He was allowed to have treatment at the changeover, leaving Zverev furious and angrily remonstrating with officials.

From Barron's

It has been maligned for gas leaks, and was the reason a plane was grounded after passengers remonstrated against the smell wafting from the cargo hold.

From BBC

Rangers defenders remonstrated with each other, but it was the kind of frailty everyone has seen from them for quite a while.

From BBC

Despite its military prowess, Sparta lacked strategic depth; its king, Archidamus II, therefore urged his countrymen to remonstrate with the Athenians, to buy time while recruiting other distant powers to their side.

From The Wall Street Journal