remonstrate

v 1: argue in protest or opposition

2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: {point out}]

3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child

for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the

Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for

bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {check},

{rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress

down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {chew out},

{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]