protestationnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˌprɒt.esˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌprɑː.t̬esˈteɪ.ʃən/formalan act of saying something forcefully or complaining about something:
Ignoring my protestations, they went ahead and chopped the tree down.
Their protestations of loyalty seem rather hollow in view of the way they behaved.
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
- whinger
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