expostulate
verb
[ ɪkˈspɒstjʊleɪt ]
• express strong disapproval or disagreement.
• "he found Fox expostulating with a young man"
Similar:
remonstrate,
disagree,
argue,
take issue,
reason,
express disagreement,
make a protest to,
protest to,
raise objections to,
object to,
complain to,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘demand how or why, state a complaint’): from Latin expostulat- ‘demanded’, from the verb expostulare, from ex- ‘out’ + postulare ‘demand’.
