expostulation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Parole correlate

   demurexceptionobjectionprotestprotestationremonstranceremonstrationsquawkkick

   Esempi

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   [H]eedless of my expostulations and the growling thunder, and the great drops that began to plash around her, she remained calling, at intervals, and then listening, and then crying outright.

   At length, by dint of much wriggling, and loud and incessant expostulations upon the unbecomingness of his hugging a fellow male in that matrimonial sort of style, I succeeded in extracting a grunt […]

   The official declined to listen to any expostulations.

Sostantivo

1. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

   Sinonimi

   remonstranceremonstrationobjection

   Termini più generali

   communicationcommunicating

2. an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof

   Termini più generali

   exclamationexclaiming