expostulate+with
81persuade — Synonyms and related words: admonish, affect, argue into, assure, be convincing, bend, bias, bring, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, carry conviction, caution, charge, charm, color, con, convert, convict,… …
82scruple — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, ace, apprehension, atom, awake a doubt, back down, balance, balk, balk at, bashfulness, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beef, better self, bit, bitch, blench, boggle,… …
83strike — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, administer, adopt, advance against, advance upon, affect, afflict, aggravated assault, aggression, agree on, aim, ambush, amphibious attack, arise, armed assault, arrest, arrest the thoughts,… …
84except — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) prep. unless, saving, save, but, excepting, barring. See unconformity, circumstance, deduction. II (Roget s IV) prep. Syn. excepting, excluding, omitting, barring, saving, not counting, save, but, with… …
85kick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. punt; spurn; stamp; slang, complain, gripe, bellyache, grumble. n. recoil; thrill, excitement, fun; slang, complaint, grievance, gripe. See impulse, opposition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A blow with the… …
86argue — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to convince] Syn. plead, appeal, assert, maintain, claim, hold, explain, justify, elucidate, present, show, support, reason with, dispute, contend, oppose, demonstrate, establish, join issue, make a case for, put …
87remonstrate — verb 1) I m not a child! he remonstrated Syn: protest, complain, expostulate; argue with, take issue with 2) we remonstrated against this proposal Syn: object strongly to, complain vociferously about, protest against, argue against, oppose strong …
88Argue — Ar gue, v. t. 1. To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued. [1913 Webster] 2. To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.… …
89prek- — To ask, entreat. Oldest form *prek̑ , becoming *prek in centum languages. 1. Basic form *prek . pray, prayer1, precarious; deprecate, imprecate, prie dieu, from *prex, prayer (attested only in the plural …
90reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …
