remonstrate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb argue in protest or opposition
  2. verb present and urge reasons in opposition
  3. verb censure severely or angrily

Etymology

From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.

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