Word Meanings - REMONSTRANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See MONSTRANCE (more info) 1. The act of remonstrating; as: A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than

Additional info about word: REMONSTRANCE

See MONSTRANCE (more info) 1. The act of remonstrating; as: A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. Shak. Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REMONSTRANCE)

• Censure
• Blame
• stricture
• reproach
• reprobate
• inculpate
• reprove
• condemn
• reprehend
• chide
• berate
• scold
• upbraid
• disapproval
• remonstrance
• rebuke
• reprimand
• dispiaise
• Complaint
• Murmur
• discontent
• repining
• grievance
• annoyance
• expostulation
• lamentation
• sickness
• disease

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REMONSTRANCE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Sanction

Related words: (words related to REMONSTRANCE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• SCOLDER
  1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CHIDESTER
  A female scold.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• REPINER
  One who repines.
• SCOLDINGLY
  In a scolding manner.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• CHIDER
  One who chides or quarrels. Shak.
• REPREHENDER
  One who reprehends.
• CONDEMNER
  One who condemns or censures.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• DISEASEFUL
  1. Causing uneasiness. Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon. 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
• DISCONTENT
  Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.
• MURMUR
  1. A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water. 2. A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. Chaucer. Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs. Dryden.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• HODGKIN'S DISEASE
  A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• JUMPING DISEASE
  A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• PRECONDEMN
  To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.
• AGGRIEVANCE
  Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.