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Antonyms for protest
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun proh-test; verb pruh-test, proh-test |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈproʊ tɛst; verb prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛst |
Definition of protest
Origin :- c.1400, "avowal, pledge, solemn declaration," from Old French protest (Modern French prôtet), from preotester, and directly from Latin protestari "declare publicly, testify, protest," from pro- "forth, before" (see pro-) + testari "testify," from testis "witness" (see testament).
- Meaning "statement of disapproval" first recorded 1751; adjectival sense of "expressing of dissent from, or rejection of, prevailing mores" is from 1953, in reference to U.S. civil rights movement. First record of protest march is from 1959.
- noun complaint, disapproval
- verb complain, disapprove; argue against
- And before the trapper could make a protest he had drawn back into the horse shed.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- His heavy voice rang out rebukingly, overtoned with protest.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- When, at last, words came, they were a frantic prayer of protest.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- His love was purely selfish, for he brushed aside her protest as if she had not spoken.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I can feel his eyes on me, and I cannot raise my voice in protest, for do not I countenance it?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Somewhat surprised at her lack of protest--or was it resignation to the inevitable?
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- I believe that it is at the wrong time that the protest comes.
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- So far as they were concerned, I had no ground to stand upon in making a protest.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- If you allow of it, I protest I will go off privately with you, and we will live and die together.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She began to protest that Bedr knew Cairo as well as Antoun did, and was as likely to be right.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
Synonyms for protest
- affirm
- assert
- asseverate
- attest
- avouch
- avow
- back-talk
- be against
- be displeased by
- bellyache
- big stink
- blackball
- blast
- buck
- challenge
- clamor
- combat
- constate
- contend
- cry out
- declaration
- declare
- demonstrate
- demonstration
- demur
- demurral
- difficulty
- disagree
- dissent
- except
- expostulate
- fight
- flak
- formal complaint
- grievance
- gripe
- grouse
- holler
- howl
- insist
- inveigh against
- kick
- knock
- maintain
- make a stink
- march
- moratorium
- nix
- object
- objection
- oppose
- outcry
- predicate
- profess
- protestation
- put up a fight
- question
- rally
- rebel
- remonstrance
- remonstrate
- remonstration
- resist
- revolt
- riot
- say no
- sound off
- squawk
- stink
- take exception
- testify
- thumbs down
- tumult
- turmoil
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