Thesaurus
taking exception
Synonyms and Antonyms of taking exception
- He took exception to my comments on standardized testing.
caviling (or cavilling), quibbling
challenging, daring, defying, fighting
conflicting, debating, disputing, hassling, quarreling (or quarrelling), squabbling, wrangling
beefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping, caterwauling, complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grizzling, grouching, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumping, hollering, keening, maundering [chiefly British], moaning, murmuring, muttering, nagging, repining, screaming, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whinging (or whingeing) [British], whining, yammering, yawping (or yauping), yowling
censuring, criticizing, denouncing
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