remonstrate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

UK /ˈɹɛ.mən.stɹeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #143431

Meanings

1

verb
To protest or argue against something, expressing strong disapproval.

The teacher remonstrated with the students for arriving late again.
2

verb
To state or plead something as a formal objection.

"How can you be so unreasonable?" he remonstrated from across the table.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to protest or argue against... protest

2 verb · to state or plead something... objectpoint out

More demur expostulate

Word family

Forms remonstratedremonstratesremonstrating

Derived forms remonstratinglyremonstratorunremonstratedunremonstrating

Related forms remonstrance remonstratingly remonstrationremonstrativeremonstratively

Simplified etymology

Remonstrate entered English in the early 17th century and ultimately derives from Latin monstrare ‘to show’. It shares this Latin source with demonstrate and muster.

Etymology

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

*men- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# remonstrate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹɛ.mən.stɹeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 143431

## Meanings
1. To protest or argue against something, expressing strong disapproval.
2. To state or plead something as a formal objection.

## Examples
- The teacher remonstrated with the students for arriving late again.
- "How can you be so unreasonable?" he remonstrated from across the table.

## Synonyms
- demur
- expostulate

## Derived Forms
- remonstratingly
- remonstrator
- unremonstrated
- unremonstrating

## Related Forms
- remonstrance
- remonstratingly
- remonstration
- remonstrative
- remonstratively

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *men-

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

## AI Etymology
Remonstrate is from (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *men- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include to protest or argue against something, expressing strong disapproval and to state or plead something as a formal objection. The wider family includes derived forms such as remonstratingly, remonstrator, unremonstrated, and unremonstrating and related words such as remonstrance, remonstratingly, remonstration, remonstrative, and remonstratively.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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