expostulate+with
111raise hell — informal 1) they were hollering and raising hell Syn: cause a disturbance, cause a commotion, be noisy, run riot, run wild, go on the rampage, be out of control; informal raise the roof 2) he raised hell with the planners Syn: remonstrate,… …
112argue — v 1. debate, discuss, moot, bandy words, sift, Inf. kick around, Sl. hash over; quibble, cavil, nit pick, belabor a point, split hairs, chop logic; reason, ratiocinate, logicize, explain. 2. contend, dispute, disagree, contest, controvert, spar,… …
113deprecate — v 1. censure, reproach, impeach, bring to book, call to account, cry down, slate, inveigh against, perstringe, animadvert upon, reprove, recriminate, reprehend, reprobate, pass strictures; denounce, deplore, rail, curse, condemn, anathematize,… …
114protest — n 1. objection, exception, disagreement; demur, demurral, scruple, qualm, compunction; challenge; negation, denial, disclaimer; complaint, grievance, Inf. beef, Inf. kick, Sl. squawk, Sl. bitch, peeve, Inf. pet peeve, Inf. gripe, Inf. grouse. 2.… …
115recommend — v 1. commend, mention favorably, promote; speak well of, put in a good word for, have a good word for; approve, sanction, Chiefly U.S. approbate; favor, Sl. root for, Sl. plug for, Sl. tout, cry up; condone, countenance, look with favor on,… …
116argue — [v1] verbally fight altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one’s face*, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over,… …
117disapprove — [v] condemn blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, dispraise, expostulate, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on …
118except — [prep] other than apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, exempting, if not, lacking, leaving out, minus, not for, omitting, outside of, rejecting, save, saving, short of, without, with the… …
119kick — [n1] thrill, enjoyment bang*, buzz*, excitement, fun, gratification, hoot*, joy, pleasure, refreshment, sensation, stimulation, wallop*; concepts 388,410 Ant. boredom kick [n2] power, strength backlash, blow, boot*, force, intensity, jar, jolt,… …
120object — [n1] thing able to be seen/felt/perceived article, body, bulk, commodity, doodad*, doohickey*, entity, fact, gadget, gizmo*, item, mass, matter, phenomenon, reality, something, substance, thingamajig*, volume, whatchamacallit*, widget*; concept… …
