Raise a formal objection in a court of law.
synoniem: challenge.
Roget 469:
qualify,
limit,
modify,
leaven,
give a color to,
introduce new conditions,
narrow,
temper.
waffle,
quibble,
hem and haw
(be uncertain)
475;
equivocate
(sophistry)
477.
depend,
depend on,
be contingent on
(effect)
154.
allow for,
make allowance for;
admit exceptions,
take into account;
modulate.
moderate,
temper,
season,
leaven.
take exception.
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Roget 900:
resent,
take amiss,
take ill,
take to heart,
take offense,
take umbrage,
take huff,
take exception;
take in ill part,
take in bad part,
take in dudgeon;
ne pas entendre raillerie [Fr.];
breathe revenge,
cut up rough.
fly into a rage,
fall into a rage,
get into a rage,
fly into a passion;
bridle up,
bristle up,
froth up,
fire up,
flare up;
open the vials of one's wrath,
pour out the vials of one's wrath.
pout,
knit the brow,
frown,
scowl,
lower,
snarl,
growl,
gnarl,
gnash,
snap;
redden,
color;
look black,
look black as thunder,
look daggers;
bite one's thumb;
show one's teeth,
grind one's teeth;
champ the bit,
champ at the bit.
chafe,
mantle,
fume,
kindle,
fly out,
take fire;
boil,
boil over;
boil with indignation,
boil with rage;
rage,
storm,
foam,
vent one's rage,
vent one's spleen;
lose one's temper,
stand on one's hind legs,
stamp the foot,
stamp with rage,
quiver with rage,
swell with rage,
foam with rage;
burst with anger;
raise Cain.
have a fling at;
bear malice
etc.
(revenge)
919.
cause anger,
raise anger;
affront,
offend;
give offense,
give umbrage;
anger;
hurt the feelings;
insult,
discompose,
fret,
ruffle,
nettle,
huff,
pique;
excite
etc.
824;
irritate,
stir the blood,
stir up bile;
sting,
sting to the quick;
rile,
provoke,
chafe,
wound,
incense,
inflame,
enrage,
aggravate,
add fuel to the flame,
fan into a flame,
widen the breach,
envenom,
embitter,
exasperate,
infuriate,
kindle wrath;
stick in one's gizzard;
rankle
etc.
919;
hit on the raw,
rub on the raw,
sting on the raw,
strike on the raw.
put out of countenance,
put out of humor;
put one's monkey up,
put one's back up;
raise one's gorge,
raise one's dander,
raise one's choler;
work up into a passion;
make one's blood boil,
make the ears tingle;
throw,
into a ferment,
madden,
drive one mad;
lash into fury,
lash into madness;
fool to the top of one's bent;
set by the ears.
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
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Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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