remonstrate
verb /ˈremənstreɪt/
/rɪˈmɑːnstreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they remonstrate | /ˈremənstreɪt/ /rɪˈmɑːnstreɪt/ |
| he / she / it remonstrates | /ˈremənstreɪts/ /rɪˈmɑːnstreɪts/ |
| past simple remonstrated | /ˈremənstreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈmɑːnstreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle remonstrated | /ˈremənstreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈmɑːnstreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form remonstrating | /ˈremənstreɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈmɑːnstreɪtɪŋ/ |
- remonstrate (with somebody) (about something) | + speech to protest or complain about something/somebody
- They remonstrated with the official about the decision.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make plain’): from medieval Latin remonstrat- ‘demonstrated’, from the verb remonstrare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + monstrare ‘to show’.