expostulated

Verb

Express strong disapproval or disagreement.

ریشه

Late Middle English from Latin expostulat- ‘demanded urgently’, from the verb expostulare.

مثال

• She expostulated with her husband for his reckless spending.
• The professor expostulated about the lack of academic rigor in the student's thesis.
• He expostulated in vain that they were breaching the peace treaty.

ترکیب‌های رایج

expostulated with expostulated about expostulated against