1. make a forcefully reproachful protest:"he turned angrily to remonstrate with Tommy"Similarprotestcomplainexpostulateargue withtake issue withtake to taskmake a protest toreprimandreproachreproveupbraidberatescoldrare:reprehendobjurgateobject strongly tocomplain vociferously aboutprotest againstlodge a protest againstargue againsttake a stand againstoppose stronglytake exception totake issue withmake a fuss aboutchallengeraise objections toexpress disapproval ofexpress disagreement withspeak out againstdeplorecondemndenouncecriticizeinformal:kick up a fuss/stink aboutOppositeaccept
Word Originlate 16th century (in the sense ‘make plain’): from medieval Latin remonstrat- ‘demonstrated’, from the verb remonstrare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + monstrare ‘to show’.