MEANING
To protest or argue against something, usually by presenting reasons directly to the person responsible.
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She remonstrated with the caretaker about the locked stairwell.
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Word forms
- Base
- remonstrate
- Past tense
- remonstrated
- Past participle
- remonstrated
- Present participle
- remonstrating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- remonstrate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are remonstrating
- Present perfect
- have/has remonstrated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been remonstrating
- Past
- remonstrated
- Past continuous
- was/were remonstrating
- Past perfect
- had remonstrated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been remonstrating
- Future
- will remonstrate
- Future continuous
- will be remonstrating
- Future perfect
- will have remonstrated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been remonstrating
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