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Remonstrate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Remonstrate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

argue in protest or opposition

2

present and urge reasons in opposition

3

censure severely or angrily

"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

4

To object; to express disapproval (with, against).

Example Sentences
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car" verb
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" verb
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
object inform knock
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
represent chastise tell off
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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