expostulateverb [ I ]
uk/ɪkˈspɒs.tjə.leɪt/us/ɪkˈspɑː.stjə.leɪt/formalto express disagreement or complaint:
Walter expostulated with the waiter about the size of the bill.
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bleat
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
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Arguing & disagreeing
expostulation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪkˌspɒs.tjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ɪkˌspɑː.stjəˈleɪ.ʃən/