remonstrateverb [ I ]
uk/ˈrem.ən.streɪt/us/rɪˈmɑːn.streɪt/formalto complain to someone or about something:
I went to the boss to remonstrate against the new rules.
The editor remonstrated with him about the inaccuracies in the story.
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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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remonstrance
noun [ C or U ] uk/rɪˈmɒn.strəns/us/rɪˈmɑːn.strəns/