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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, disapproval |
| Synonyms: | bellyache, big stink, blackball, challenge, clamor, declaration, demonstration, demur, demurral, difficulty, dissent, flak, formal complaint, grievance, gripe, grouse, holler*, howl, kick*, knock*, march, moratorium, nix, objection, outcry, protestation, question, rally, remonstrance, remonstration, revolt, riot, stink*, tumult, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, approval, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | claiming, confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, summons to contest, test, threat, trial, ultimatum |
| Antonyms: | agree, answer, decide, win |
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, find fault, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, kick up a fuss, lament, lay, look askance, make a fuss, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, sound off, take exception to, wail, whimper, whine, yammer |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, be content, be happy, commend, praise, recommend, sanction |
| Main Entry: | complaint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of disagreement, discontent |
| Synonyms: | CC, accusation, annoyance, beef, cavil, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, expostulation, fault-finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff, jeremiad, kick, lament, moan, objection, plaint, protest, protestation, rap, remonstrance, remonstration, representation, reproach, rumble*, squawk, stink, trouble, wail, whine |
| Antonyms: | applause, approval, commendation, contentedness, happiness, praise, recommendation, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display or take public |
| Synonyms: | action for a cause exhibit, fast, lie in, manifest, march, march on, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit in, stage walkout, strike, walkout |
| Main Entry: | demonstration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of belief in cause by taking public action |
| Synonyms: | fast, lie-in, love-in, march, mass lobby, parade, peace march, picket, picket line, protest, rally, sit-in, strike, teach-in, walkout |
| Main Entry: | demur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, take exception, vacillate, wait and see, waver |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
| Antonyms: | accept, agree, consent, go along |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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