remonstrate

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

UK /ˈɹɛ.mən.stɹeɪt/ See IPA manual

verb 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.

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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

Etymology

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

*men- Proto-Indo-European

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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
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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