REMONSTRATING (WITH) Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

remonstrating (with)

verb

present participle of remonstrate (with)

as in objecting

to present an opposing opinion or argument discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up

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The bigger prize, Turkey's return to the F-35 program it was expelled from over its Russian S-400s, is stuck in a US review that Vice President JD Vance is running in Washington, with Israel objecting.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications.

— Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

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The protesting staff shut the hospital and blocked the road leading to it, even burning a tire outside.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Much of the social scene centered around protesting, with friends gathering on weekends to march or blockade or occupy the upper branches of a tree in the name of whatever cause seemed most urgent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

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