mindmap root((反对)) object stresses dislike or aversion: ~ed to his sweeping generalization. protest suggests an orderly presentation of objections in speech or writing: an open letter ~ing the government's foreign policy. remonstrate implies an attempt to persuade or convince by warning or reproving: ~d on his son's free-spending ways at college. expostulate suggests an earnest explanation of one's objection and firm insistence on the merits of one's stand: ~d at length on the reasons for her decision. kick implies a more informally a strenuous protesting or complaining: everybody ~s when taxes are raised.