objected (to)

verb

past tense of object (to)
1
as in frowned (on or upon)

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2
as in quarreled (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objected (to)
  1. rejected
  2. protested
  3. scorned
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  • Sherrill rejected that request Tuesday, calling it unsupported by law.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
  • There were two outliers who rejected the idea that COVID was made in a lab and that the pandemic had resulted from a lab-leak.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of rejected
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  • Officials on the French Caribbean island of Martinique recently opened a shelter to temporarily house those affected by the toxic gases after residents protested.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • The Administration protested that that was impossible; the agency could only produce employee badges and process paperwork for seventy people a week.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of protested
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  • Now that the Chicago Bears have scorned Portage’s bid to build a stadium on the city’s north side, the Redevelopment Commission plans to repackage the site before offering it to other developers.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • James scorned his home area of Northeast Ohio, with Akron and Cleveland as his only homes, to that point.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of scorned
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“Objected (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objected%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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