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plural of protest
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(Entry 1 of 2)
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
- submitted an official protest about her treatment
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- distrust,
- dubieties,
- dubitations
- [archaic],
- incertitudes,
- indeterminations,
- misdoubts,
- mistrust,
- reservations,
- skepticism,
- suspicions,
- uncertainties
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protests
verb
present tense third-person singular of protest
Synonyms & Antonyms of protests (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to state as a fact usually forcefully
- he protested that he usually was very good at baseball, and all the strikeouts were just bad luck
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2
to present an opposing opinion or argument
- plans to protest against the judge's ruling regarding admissible evidence
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- beefs,
- bellyaches,
- bitches,
- bleats,
- carps,
- caterwauls,
- complains,
- crabs,
- croaks,
- fusses,
- gripes,
- grizzles,
- grouches,
- grouses,
- growls,
- grumbles,
- grumps,
- hollers,
- keens,
- maunders
- [chiefly British],
- moans,
- murmurs,
- mutters,
- nags,
- repines,
- screams,
- squawks,
- squeals,
- wails,
- whimpers,
- whines,
- whinges
- [British],
- yammers,
- yawps
- (or yaups),
- yowls
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“Protests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protests. Accessed 15 Jun. 2021.
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