verb
- making a forcefully reproachful protest; arguing against something in a strong but reasoned way
Usage: present participle of remonstrate
Examples
- The parents were remonstrating with the school board about the new policy.
- She spent the morning remonstrating with her landlord about the broken heating.
- The senator was remonstrating against the proposed budget cuts.
- He found himself remonstrating with his teenage son about curfew rules.
- The workers were remonstrating with management over unsafe conditions.
- She was remonstrating loudly about the unfair treatment she had received.