take exception

Main Entry:
demur [dih-mur]
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: object
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree, argue against
Synonyms: balk, be displeased, challenge, complain, crab, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, go-one-on-one, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, make a stink, mix it up with, oppose, protest, rail, raise objection, rant, rave, remonstrate, sound off, spurn, squawk, storm, take exception, take on, tangle*
Antonyms: accept, agree, concur, consent, go along
Main Entry: protest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain, disapprove; argue against
Synonyms: affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, blast*, buck, combat, constate, contend, cry out, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, inveigh against, kick*, maintain, make a stink, object, oppose, predicate, profess, put up a fight, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, say no, sound off, squawk, take exception, testify, thumbs down
Antonyms: accept, approve, praise
Main Entry: quarrel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree
Synonyms: altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, make peace
Main Entry: remonstrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue against
Synonyms: animadvert, blame, censure, challenge, combat, complain, criticize, decry, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disparage, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, fight, find fault, frown upon, inveigh, kick*, nag, object, oppose, pick at, protest, rain, recriminate, resist, scold, sound off, take exception, take issue, withstand
Antonyms: agree, concede, give in
Main Entry: resent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be angry about
Synonyms: be in a huff, be insulted, be offended by, be put off by, be rubbed wrong way, be vexed, bear a grudge, begrudge, dislike, feel bitter, feel sore, frown at, get nose out of joint, grudge, harbor a grudge, have hard feelings, object to, take amiss, take as an insult, take exception, take offense, take umbrage
Antonyms: be happy, like, love
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