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Word | Expostulation |
Italian Meaning | rimostranza, protesta, lagnanza, esposto |
an expression of opposition to a course of action / an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof / The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct / protest; remonstrance / the first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. / an act or an instance of expostulating, | |
Usage | ⇒ Despite the teacher's scolding and expostulations, the class remained unruly. ⇒ despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy ⇒ Most celebrated were the Epodes, songs in simple strophes usually made up of a hexameter or iambic trimeter plus one or two shorter cola. |
Synonyms | remonstrance, objection, protest, complaint, admonition, remonstration, protestation, demur, exhortation, rebuke, challenge, deprecation, dissuasion, exception, admonishment, blame, demonstration, direction, guidance, idea, |
Antonyms | acknowledge, acquiesce, allege, approval, endorse, |
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