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• v  argue in protest or opposition
• v  present and urge reasons in opposition
• v  censure severely or angrily

• The staff remonstrated with the management that the working hours were far too grueling for them to give their best shot.
• The prisoner remonstrated with the guard that his handcuffs be taken off as he wanted to offer prayers to his deity.
• Although Patrick remonstrated with the management that he be given another shot at coaching the team he was given short shrift.

• point out
• call on the carpet
• take to task
• rebuke
• rag
• trounce
• reproof
• lecture
• reprimand
• jaw
• dress down
• call down
• scold
• chide
• berate
• bawl out
• chew out
• chew up
• have words
• lambaste
• lambast

Quotes

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• David Moyes in AFP
  He works hard for everyone but maybe he needs to remonstrate a bit more when decisions go against him. Saying nothing is obviously not working,Moyes said. "I think it is important that he comes alive again and gets back to being a menace...
• Wang Zhizhi in China Daily
  My father and child were in the car, and my child was given a fright, so my father went over to them to remonstrate, and they started shoving each other,Wang said in a statement on Xinhua news agency's Web site.