remonstrate

remonstrate (http://definr.com/remonstrate)

     v 1: argue in protest or opposition
     2: present and urge reasons in opposition [syn: point out]
     3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
        Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [syn: rebuke, rag,
         trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, {dress
        down}, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, chew out,
         chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]